UPDATE (5:13 PM)-- 7 hours into deliberation. The jury asked to come back tomorrow with a clear mind.
Jury says they would like to continue tomorrow "with a clear mind."
— Sandra Rodriguez (@SandraR_media) October 22, 2019
The answer back from the jury is that they need more time to deliberate.
— Sandra Rodriguez (@SandraR_media) October 22, 2019
Judge is bringing the jury out to ask whether they can finish tonight or come back tomorrow.
#rodgerstrial: 7 hours into jury deliberation.
— Sandra Rodriguez (@SandraR_media) October 22, 2019
There is activity inside the courtroom. Waiting for all the attorneys to return to find out what a note from the jury said.
Teresa Sievers’s family is also in the courtroom.
UPDATE (2:15 PM) -- Jurors have returned from lunch and asked for 11 copies of the jury instructions.
Just got word the defense withdrew their sequestration request for the Rodgers trial.
— Sandra Rodriguez (@SandraR_media) October 22, 2019
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UPDATE (12:15 PM) -- The jury requested a video and transcripts of Taylor Shomaker's testimony. Judge Kyle says they can only get a read back of the testimony.
The court stenographer is currently reading back the testimony to jurors.
Jury says they do want to hear Taylor Shomaker's testimony again.
— Sandra Rodriguez (@SandraR_media) October 22, 2019
(Taylor Shomaker testified last Wednesday and was on the stand for over 2 hours.)
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UPDATE (10:15 AM) -- Deliberation has begun for the Rodgers Trial.
The two alternate jury members were dismissed. They are still not to look up anything regarding this case since they will still be needed for the guilty phase if the verdict comes back "guilty as charged."
Fox 4 has a crew standing by and will report live as soon as the verdict is reached.
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FORT MYERS, Fla. -- The jury in the Jimmy Rodgers murder trial were back in court Tuesday morning, where Judge Bruce Kyle began reading instructions to jury members.
Sequestration of the jury could happen if a verdict is not found Tuesday.
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