Word: mistrials
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...holdout in Daniel Flood's bribery case causes a mistrial...
Eleven jurors heard enough to convict. But not the twelfth. According to other jurors, retired Navy Cook William Cash, 63, held out for Flood's acquittal during the almost twelve hours of deliberation. The result: a mistrial-and a federal investigation into the reasons for it. Last week, TIME has learned, federal agents received information linking Cash with individuals described as "associates of Flood." Cash denies everything, but a strange tale has begun to unfold...
...benefit of the doubt. Back in the jury room, the majority for a conviction now shifted to a majority for acquittal, first 7 to 5, then 9 to 3. The following day, the eleventh day, Thomas announced that the jurors were hopelessly deadlocked, and Judge Turner declared a mistrial. This week Dr. Waddill, who is also being sued for $17 million by Mary Weaver, returns to court to learn whether he will be tried all over again. The jurors, however, are finished. The day after the mistrial was declared, Kathy Davis got married, with four of the other jurors...
...week's end, police had no solution. Meanwhile, the judge declared a mistrial on the original obscenity charges, and authorities were considering dropping them altogether...
...sidelines. To help his case, Smith brought in Sportscaster Howard Cosell, who told a Tampa, Fla., courtroom that after his accident Smith was "a shell of a player." It was all too much for the jury, which couldn't come to a decision. The judge declared a mistrial...