Phoenix, Arizona
“All rise,” the bailiff announced as the jury filed into the courtroom into their assigned seats in the jury box.
They were eager to get the court day started having waited in the jury deliberations room most of the early morning without any understanding of what was going on between the attorneys. Hearing rumors that the trial was continued for a day because of a mystery witness piqued the jury’s interest. Most were excited to find out who the witness was and what testimony the witness would bring to bear that could change the case or change the minds of the jurors. They had been previously admonished not to deliberate in the jury room unless all of the jurors were present. But, like most humans who were prone to inquisitiveness, despite the admonition, they secretly sp
