Judge Denies Request to Reread Yanez Testimony, Jury Continues Deliberations
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ST. PAUL, Minn. (KMSP) – The jury resumed deliberating at 8:30 a.m. Friday morning in the trial of St. Anthony, Minnesota police officer Jeronimo Yanez. Deliberations have now been going on for more than 24 hours.
Yanez is on trial for the shooting of Philando Castile during a traffic stop in Falcon Heights on July 6, 2016. The officer-involved shooting garnering national attention when Castile’s girlfriend, Diamond Reynolds, streamed the aftermath of the fatal incident on Facebook Live.
Shortly after 9:30 a.m. on Friday, the judge reconvened the jury for a question. The jury asked to have all of Yanez’s testimony reread, but the judge denied the request. The jurors returned to the room to continue deliberating.
The jury received the case on Monday afternoon. On Tuesday, they re-watched the dashcam video from Yanez’s squad car and Reynolds’ Facebook Live video, but the judge denied their request to review the transcript of Yanez’s interview with the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
On Wednesday, the jury indicated that they were unable to reach a unanimous decision, prompting the Judge William H. Leery III to reread the jury instructions. He then sent them back into the room to continue deliberating.
