The little guy loses.
Posted by Slobokan @ 9:37 pm · 146 words · print
On March 6th I stated, “Personally, I think Ms. Stewart will win if she uses the words of this juror in her appeal.”
Martha Stewart asked on Wednesday for a new trial, saying one of the jurors who convicted her lied about a past arrest on assault charges.
Stewart lawyer Robert Morvillo said in papers filed in Manhattan federal court that he would have sought to strike juror Chappell Hartridge had he known about the prior incidents.
“These facts, in and of themselves, establish that Ms. Stewart is entitled to a new trial,” Morvillo wrote.
The papers also accused Hartridge of seeking money for post-trial interviews. On the day of the guilty verdict, the juror said publicly he believed the decision was “a victory for the little guys.”
She’ll get a new trial. It might not change the outcome, but she will get a new trial.
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