Smith jurors begin deliberations, continue Tuesday

By Washington Examiner
Published June 9, 2014 11:27pm ET
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Smith jurors begin deliberations, continue Tuesday
In this May 28, 2014 photo, Illinois state Rep. Derrick Smith enters federal court for the beginning of jury selection in his corruption trial in Chicago. During closing arguments Monday, June 9, 2014, prosecutors said that Smith placed his own welfare above his constituents by taking a $7,000 bribe from a day care operator seeking a state grant. An attorney for Smith, however, told jurors a campaign worker-turned-informant hoodwinked the Chicago Democrat to justify cooperation payments from his FBI handlers. (AP Photo/M. Spencer Green) | M. Spencer Green

CHICAGO (AP) — Jurors at Illinois state Rep. Derrick Smith’s bribery trial have gone home after deliberating briefly.

The panelists sat through several hours of closing arguments Monday before withdrawing to a jury room to start going through the evidence.

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