00:00...on furtherance, and I quote, Rule 27D also permits the judge to poll the jury when a verdict is returned
00:06and before the verdict is recorded.
00:09However, a judge is not required to accept a partial verdict before declaring a mistrial.
00:14So I'm asking that the court would entertain a poll of the jurors as to whether or not there has
00:19been a decision on murder one, murder two, manslaughter, anything like that.
00:24And if that's the case, then I certainly would argue that double jeopardy is attached, and those judges cannot be
00:29prosecuted again.
00:30I would object to that, Your Honor. I would go into the deliberations. I think we're in a different scenario
00:34here than the Reed case, where I believe in that case they did reach a verdict on certain charges and
00:39not on others.
00:41But I think here, where we've had a jury who's been deliberating for six and a half days, who's come
00:47back on multiple occasions saying that they're deadlocked, who have been given Tui,
00:51I don't think anything else is required at this point, other than the declaration of a mistrial, unfortunately.
01:00I'm going to declare a mistrial at this point.
01:04All right. We'll bring the jury in.
01:21All right.
01:23All right.
01:26All right.
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