Because of that statement, a federal judge is now considering a retrial for Hurth. ABC 30 Legal Analyst Tony Capozzi said jurors using a dictionary could be grounds for a new trial. Capozzi said, "That's improper, because what may be a definition in laymen's terms will not be a definition in legal terms."
But the jury fore person disagreed with White's account. Hurth's new attorney /*Kent Russell*/ said if the man gets a new trial the jury would not reopen the entire notorious case. They will only decide between voluntary and involuntary manslaughter. Russell said, "It would substantially lower his exposure where he will be eligible for parole soon as opposed for being eligible in 2019."
Attorneys expect the judge to take more than a month to decide this case. The judge can make a range of decisions from finding no jury misconduct to ordering a new trial.
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