Court Opinion

ID: 9466714
Source: CourtListenerOpinion
Date Created: 2023-08-05 01:25:25.37551+00
Date Added: 2024-06-11T17:39:54.887477
License: Public Domain

PREGERSON, Circuit Judge,
concurring:
As I read the record, it is fair to say that the trial judge, in effect, offered the parties the option of proceeding with eleven jurors *353or mistrying the case and rescheduling it for trial. Defense counsel, after stating his unwillingness to proceed with eleven jurors, expressed concern about his scheduling problems and the possibility that the remaining jurors might feel that the defendant’s conduct precipitated the need for a mistrial. The court, after assuring defense counsel that his concerns would be alleviated, asked counsel, “[D]o you mind if we bring the jury in — the 11 members are here and excuse them?” Counsel replied: “That is fine.”
I am satisfied that defense counsel by his words and conduct led the trial judge to believe that a mistrial, under the circumstances presented, was the desirable course to follow. Accordingly, I vote to affirm.