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CINCINNATI The jury in the trial of suspended juvenile court judge Tracie Hunter ended deliberations Friday, and plans to return Tuesday to continue deciding the fate of the embattled judge.
The jury did, however, reach a verdict on the charge of unlawful interest in a public contract against Hunter. The verdict was sealed by Judge Norbert Nadel. Nadel ordered the jury not to disclose their decision to anyone. Hunter is accused of providing her brother, Stephen Hunter, documents related to his firing one day before his pending termination hearing. She is also accused of helping him earn overtime hours by working security around her courtroom.
Jurors notified the court they patagonia better sweater stripehave had difficulty reaching a verdict on the other charges, asked the jury to return and continue deliberations. Even if another jury was deliberating, Nadel told the jury, they would still be reviewing the same evidence.
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Shortly before being dismissed for the day, the jury asked for Hunter attorney, Clyde Bennett II, to answer a few follow up questions. They were then dismissed for the day.
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In addition to the hundreds of exhibits to examine and almost two dozen testimonies to review, the jury paid very close attention to this week nearly three days of closing arguments.
Court officials told WCPO they didn expect a verdict on Friday, as jurors asked for sticky notes, manila folders and a stapler.
They have deliberated about 15 hours so far.
Difficult Case for Jurors
The jury of 12, which includes two men and 10 women, apatagonia discount code 20123nd three African Americans, was flooded with documents, testimony and arguments spanning the last four and a half weeks.
Much of the case has focused on procedure and policy violations, atypical of more traditional criminal proceedings. The strongest arguments and evidence point toward convicting Hunter on theft in office charges and unlawful interest in a public contract.
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But on the charge of tampering with evidence and forgery, related to the issue of so called backdating of judicial entries, defense attorney Clyde Bennett presented a strong case. He showed the jury examples of multiple people entering dates on judicial entries in the computer systempatagonia arizona store, outside of the direction of Hunter.
He also may have confused jurors on the rules that govern appeal based on filing deadlines. He subpoenaed an attopatagonia discount code 20120rney with appellate experience, Margie Slagle, and she testified both sides in a juvenile case have 30 days to appeal from the date they are served notice of a ruling by the clerk of courts. The law requires the clerk to serve each party within three days.
She described two cases in which defendants appealed years later and the Ohio Supreme Court upheld their patagonia everlong review demandwareappeals because they had never been served.
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Hunter defense rests on not whether she improperly or negligently used a county credit card, but that she did not knowingly violate the law. And on the issue of backdating on judicial entries, the defense has argued that changing dates on entries to reflect hearing dates was a status quo practice done patagonia discount code 20121long before Hunter election to the bench.
The defense has argued Hunter did not have the or purpose to violate the law.
Hunter faces up to 13 years in prison if she is convicted on all counts. The Ohio Supreme Court suspended her with pay when she was indicted in January. Hunter did not testify, but when president judge Norbert Nadel charged the jury, he told them not to hold that against one side or another.
If she is convicted on any count, she would lose her pay and could face dipatagonia discount code 20122sbarmpatagonia guide pants 90%ent, essentially kicking her off the bench. If she is acquitted, the Ohio Supreme Court would have to lift her suspension before she could return to the bench.
