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“You’re dealing with inmates that are not credible and a phone call that could mean a lot of different things. “I just think the jury had a tough time with this case,” Sala said. The jury selection process started April 4 and continued April 5 because two juries had to be selected - one for each defendant. when Cecil’s jury was called back to the courtroom because it was not making any headway and could not reach a unanimous decision.

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In them, Cecil and Lee communicate about several topics, most notably stopping Dickerson from testifying in court against Cecil, who stabbed Dickerson during an altercation May 1, 2018, in an Adrian apartment.Ĭecil’s special public defender Stanley Sala was adamant throughout the trial of Cecil’s innocence in Dickerson’s death, because he never used the words “kill” or “murder” when talking about keeping Dickerson from testifying. The calls, which had been played in their entirety during the trial, were from May 2018 and January 2019. to listen again to the audio recording of phone calls between Cecil and his ex-fiancee Brittnay Lee while Cecil was in the Lenawee County Jail. Still in deliberations, the jury returned to the courtroom shortly after 1 p.m. By reasoning the matter out, he said, differences of opinion could be resolved. Olsaver brought the jury into the courtroom to explain the possibilities of coming to a unanimous verdict. “I don’t think it would appropriate to push them (Cecil’s jury) any further,” said Lenawee County Prosecutor Jackie Wyse during discussions about the deadlocked jury.Ĭecil’s jury told Olsaver it was deadlocked without a unanimous ruling at 10:25 a.m. Cecil will appear back in court June 7 for a pretrial hearing. Olsaver and the trial attorneys agreed to declare a mistrial in Cecil’s case. Trevino is scheduled to be sentenced June 16.īecause Cecil's jury was deadlocked and stated it had been deadlocked since deliberations began Wednesday morning, Circuit Judge Michael R. Second-degree had never been offered (as a plea). (Trevino) is fortunate that he got second-degree rather than first. They tried an excellent case, and I thought that we had a chance to overcome the burden, but we didn’t. They reached a verdict and the verdict they reached was the one that we have to respect,” Trevino’s special public defender Jim Daly said. “I think the jury spent a lot of time deliberating. Cecil, 31, was charged with the same charges as Trevino in relation to Dickerson’s murder on Jan.

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After nearly two full days of both juries deliberating, the jury was unable to come to a unanimous verdict of guilty or not guilty. There was no decision reached by Cecil's jury.

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