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Jury instructions

2:05 p.m.
Judge Nelson checks with the jurors about avoiding reports about the case and researching it. She asks them to pay attention to the instructions she is about to give - Read the jury instructions packet here.

2:02 p.m.
The prosecution and defense are back, waiting for the jury to be brought in.

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Is this the longest that the TrayParents have gone without attempting to make a dramatic courtroom exit?

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"That the attacker sustained a mortal wound is a matter that should have been considered by the deceased before he committed himself to the task he undertook." - 5th DCA, Stinson v. State (Fl)

Most definitely!

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By the way: what was it you wanted to know if I had heard earlier?

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"That the attacker sustained a mortal wound is a matter that should have been considered by the deceased before he committed himself to the task he undertook." - 5th DCA, Stinson v. State (Fl)

Chip - it was in the very next post... unless Rumpole zapped it with his post zapper?

Not this time... It's here.

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Reading finished... Jury retire

DRINK

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I won't be surprised to see them come back in 10 minutes with an acquittal.

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They may wait until after dinner just to make it look good for the TrayFamily™.

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Oh yeah, I heard that. They've actually done a lot of such mic-checks throughout. Didn't think anything of it.

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"That the attacker sustained a mortal wound is a matter that should have been considered by the deceased before he committed himself to the task he undertook." - 5th DCA, Stinson v. State (Fl)

(befuddled) Scheaffer predicts a quick verdict, one way or the other.

...and he wonders why someone refers to him as "befuddled."

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GUILTY - Child neglect, resulting in Aggravated Assault

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Or get another free meal!

Could you pretend to be amused at someone upsetting Scheaffer by calling him "befuddled", please? I truly thought you'd be laughing as much as I did about that.

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Nice, nice photo, as usual, Rumpole. I particularly like the last one because GZ looks confident, almost happy; and the weasel looks at least annoyed, maybe close to tears or trying to hold them back.

Ok, so maybe I exaggerated a bit --- nothing like the state did in closing though!

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