Court will call 20 C R1358 people versus
Leticia. Stock records should reflect.
The jury's not present in the courtroom.
I've been advised that the jury
has reached verdicts in this ca.
Before I bring the jury and I want to
remind everybody of a couple of things.
First of all, if you have a phone out,
put it away unless you are in this front row.
In addition, I know that this is
an emotional case. I get that.
I understand that. Really, I do.
But this jury has worked hard.
So regardless of whether you age
with or don't agree with their verdict,
you need to exercise appropriate decorum.
So let's not have any emotional
outbursts or anything like that.
And I think we're good to go.
Let's go ahead and bring the jun
now that I have you doing something else.
OK,
but they all seem to be on.
It doesn't matter to me see it
so so long as it's broadcasting.
I just wanted to make sure
that was not the issue.
All rise for the jury, please.
Thank you. May I be seated?
Court will recall 20 C
R1358 people versus Leticia.
Stock record should reflect the
jury has returned to the courtr.
Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.
I see that juror #5 that would be you,
has all the instructions
and things like that.
That's usually a tip off to me
that you might be the foreperso.
Are you in fact, the foreperson?
And has the jury reached
verdicts in this case?
All right, if you would hand the
instructions in the verdict forms to Mr.
Sprawl, please.
Thank you.
All right, the verdict forms do
appear to be in proper order.
I will have a question for you because
there's some extra writing on h,
but I think I understand what's going on.
So with respect to Count #1,
charge of murder in the first de
after deliberation, we, the jur,
find the defendant Leticia Stoc,
guilty of count #1, murder in te
first degree after deliberation.
With respect to count #2,
Charge of murder in the first
degree child under 12 by a
person in a position of of trus,
we the jury find the defendant
Leticia Stout guilty of count #,
Murder in the first degree child
under 12 position of trust.
With respect to count #3,
charge of tampering with
a deceased human body,
we the jury find the defendant
Leticia Stout guilty of count #.
Tampering with a deceased human
body with respect to Count #4,
Charge of tampering with physical evidence.
We, the jury,
find the defendant Leticia Stok,
guilty of count #4 tampering
with physical evidence.
I wanted to ask the jury or
actually the foreperson.
There is some extra writing on
here with respect to question #.
There's a cross through and some initials.
And then on Part B,
there's also a cross through with initials.
Was that signifying that you wee
not answering that and you inted
to answer guilty as to that cha?
And is that what you intended wh
all of the other verdict forms?
All right with that,
does either side wish to have
the jury pulled prosecution?
All right, What this means is tt
this is a process that is somets
requested by the attorneys follg
a verdict to make sure that everybody
has agreed on all parts of it.
So I'll go down the row starting in the back.
Juror #1 is this,
and are these your verdicts?
Juror #2 is this,
and are these your verdicts.
Juror #3 is this,
and are these your verdicts.
Juror #4 is this and are these your verdicts.
Juror #5 is this and are these your verdicts.
Juror #6 is this and are these your verdicts.
Juror #7 is this and are these your verdicts.
Juror #8 is this and are these your verdicts.
Juror #9 is this and are these your verdicts.
Juror #10 is this and
are these your verdicts.
Juror #11 is this and
are these your verdicts.
Juror #12 is this and
are these your verdicts.
I want to thank all of you for your service.
Jurors don't get a lot of train.
However, you all were selected because you
were willing to be openminded and impartial,
and we're willing to make deciss
based on the facts and the law.
You, the jury, heard and saw the evidence.
You paid attention all day. Every day,
someone else may tell you they disagree
with or they disagree with your verdict
or some aspect of your service.
They may want to express
their opinion on the matter.
However, we didn't ask them
for any of their opinions.
We asked you for your judgment.
We asked you for your verdict bd
on the law and based on the evidence.
Someone else may tell you they k
they're better and smarter and e
intuitive than all of you were.
Ignore them
as a judge. Rarely does a day go by that I
don't make somebody in the courtroom mad.
The fact that some people may disagree
with your verdict or the law only means
that those who disagree with you were not
carefully selected to be fair and impartial.
They did not take an oath to fow
the law and to judge all of the facts,
and they see it differently from
you because they didn't see it
all from the perspective you di.
And they did not discuss the facts with
eleven others who were also faid
impartial and sworn to follow the law.
You decided this case.
This verdict is your verdict,
and this is the verdict in the .
No poll, no approval or disappr,
and no press analysis changes that fact.
This is the verdict in the case.
The press or someone else at soe
point may wish to talk to you.
We live in a world of exceptionl
voyeurism in reality TV,
and this is about as real as it gets.
They may try to dissect the evidence,
your thought process and your decision.
It's a free country.
Anyone can ask you anything
about your verdict.
You can answer if you choose.
They can also, however,
respect your privacy and allow u
to contact them only if you wano
talk to them and if you don't want to.
You don't have to talk to
anyone about your verdict.
If you do talk with someone,
you can tell them as little
or as much as you like.
Someone may even ask you to give an affidavit
regarding some aspect of your jury service.
You're free to give an affidavi.
You're free to decline to give an affidavit.
That is a personal decision you
are entitled to make, if anyone.
Continues to talk to you.
After you have told them you do not want
to speak about the matter or bes
critical of you or your jury service,
please report that incident to .
Again, I want to thank you
very much for your service.
Without honest people of our
community serving on jurors,
we cannot secure the right to
a jury trial in this country.
And it's a very valuable
and a very important right.
I want to leave you with some language from
a case that was decided by the United States
Supreme Court in Louisiana versus Duncan.
In that case, an individual was denied the
right to a jury by trial or a trial by jury.
Sorry. And that case went all the way
up to the United States Supreme Court,
and the Supreme Court sent it
back to the state of Louisiana.
And it said, you need to give ts
man what the Constitution requi,
which is a trial by jury,
And when it sent the case back to Louisiana,
it said, We believe the trial by
jury is fundamental to the Amern
scheme of justice.
Trial by jury is more than an
instrument of justice and more
than one wheel of the Constitut.
It is the lamp that shows that freedom lives.
Without your dedication and sacrifice,
that lamp would not shine as
brightly as it does.
So I I truly thank you for your service.
You are now discharged with
the thanks of the court.
And for the last time,
I'll rise for the jury.
Please.