Juror’s refusal to deliberate leads to mistrial

Published June 16, 2010 4:00am ET



A Montgomery County juror who didn’t want to deliberate caused a judge to send a three-day attempted murder trial back to the beginning.

“This was very unusual,” said Montgomery County Sheriff’s Department Chief Deputy Darren Popkin. “In my 25 years I’ve never seen anything like this, where the disorderly person is actually a juror.”

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