More Deliberations In Loud Music Murder Trial

Deliberations Continue In Florida Murder Trial Of Jordan Davis

UPDATE:

Jury members have deliberated for over 22 hours total in the Jordan Davis "Loud Music Murder Trial." As the jurors were rounding the 20th hour of deliberations, they asked Judge Russell Healey if they could find the defendant, Michael Dunn, guilty on some charges but not others.

Healey replied, "Yes, the law allows that."

Despite deliberating for over 22 hours, the sequestered jury could not reach a verdict on any of the charges, so they are due back in court Saturday morning. 

Along with being charged with first degree murder, Dunn is also charged with three counts of attempted murder, for the three friends that were in the car with Davis, and 1 count of shooting a firearm at a vehicle. 

Whenever the jurors left the courtroom, Judge Healey said to the people of the court that if the jury returned in a deadlock, certain deadlock procedures would have to be followed. 

A Florida Supreme Court committee says that those procedures include having the jurors go back into the deliberation room and, one by one, discussing the strengths and weaknesses of each jurors position. A mistrial will be declared if they are still deadlocked afterwards. 

Updates will be made on this blog tomorrow whether a decision is reached or not.