The conviction of a former Mobile neurosurgeon is in jeopardy amid allegations that one of the jurors misled the court about where she lives.
of a former neurosurgeon is in jeopardy amid allegations that one of the jurors misled the court about where she lives.
But by far the biggest bombshell in the defense filing is the allegations that one of the jurors lived in Baldwin County. State law requires all jurors to live in the circuit where the trial is taking place. The defense cites at 2008 Alabama Court of Criminal Appeals case involving an Escambia County sodomy case in which a juror lived across the state line in Florida.Mobile County District Attorney Keith Blackwood said post-conviction motions are common.Blackwood said his office has not had time to look into these new allegations to determine whether they are true. And even if they are, he added, he is not conceding that it would require a new trial.
Nakhla’s lawyers submitted a number of documents indicating that the jurors lived in Baldwin County all or part of that 12-month period before the trial:
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