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2025 Federal Trialtrial-daytrial-dayjury_instructionsDay 38 - July 1, 2025The Court answered jury questions about the distribution element and requested testimony excerpts, then instructed continued deliberations after a partial-verdict note.
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Day 38 - July 1, 2025

Jury Questions, Testimony Excerpts, and Partial-Verdict Note

Judge Arun Subramanian
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Day 38 of 39

The Court answered jury questions about the distribution element and requested testimony excerpts, then instructed continued deliberations after a partial-verdict note.

Full day summary

The Court responded to a jury question about the distribution element by directing jurors to specified agreed-upon instruction language, over the defense's preserved objection to the response. The Court also resolved the jury's requests for excerpts of Casandra Ventura's and Daniel Phillip's testimony, excluding two Cannes-related lines, preserving struck material redactions, and approving specified Ventura testimony, including limited 2024 Instagram-post testimony. Later, the jury reported verdicts on Counts Two through Five but said it could not reach a verdict on Count One because of unpersuadable views on both sides. The Court instructed jurors to continue deliberating without surrendering honest convictions, recessed until the next morning, and left open a stronger instruction if another jury note arrived.

1. Jury Notes and Partial Verdict

The Court addressed jury questions and directed continued deliberations after jurors reported verdicts on Counts Two through Five but no agreement on Count One.

Procedural
Jury Note on Distribution Element
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The Court rejected the defense's proposed revision to its response to a jury question on the distribution element, preserved the objection, and marked the handwritten proposal as a court exhibit.

Procedural
Jury Request for Testimony Excerpts
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The Court resolved disputes over testimony excerpts requested by the jury, including material concerning Ventura, Phillip, and the InterContinental Hotel incident.

Procedural
Partial-Verdict Note and Deliberation Response
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After the jury reported verdicts on four counts but an impasse on Count One, the Court directed continued deliberations and reserved a stronger instruction for any later note.

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