SALINE CO.—At 7:40 p.m., attorneys for the defense and prosecution were called back into the courtroom to review another note sent out by jurors.
Judge Walden Morris had the bailiff read the note which said, “We are deadlocked.”
Morris decided to send the jurors back to continue deliberations.
Defense attorney Morgan Scroggins made a motion for a mistrial which Morris denied.
The jury is back in deliberations. A verdict is, in effect, being forced.