The jury selection process in the Parkland School shooter is now on hold for a week.
With assistant public defender Melisa McNeill absent from the courtroom Monday, the judge said all prospective jurors who were expected this week have been told to arrive next Monday.
While it has yet to be confirmed, Local 10 News is working to find out if the Public Defender’s office issued the court a notice that a member of their team tested positive for COVID.
On Monday morning, one of the prosecutors, Assistant State Attorney Jeff Marcus, asked if the court would be in session Tuesday.
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Judge Elizabeth Scherer could be heard saying in open court: “Is she going to test today?” before they went into a private session. She then called a recess without explanation. She said all jurors who had showed up Monday for Phase Two, those who had been cleared from the first round, would now be returning on Monday, May 9.
We have asked court administrators and the judge’s judicial assistant to confirm if McNeill is out this week after testing positive for COVID and we are awaiting that confirmation. But as it stands now, full jury selection resumes next week.
(Local 10 News will have more on this developing story at noon and updates on Local10.com.)
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With assistant public defender Melisa McNeill absent from the courtroom Monday, the judge said all prospective jurors who were expected this week have been told to arrive next Monday.
While it has yet to be confirmed, Local 10 News is working to find out if the Public Defender’s office issued the court a notice that a member of their team tested positive for COVID.
On Monday morning, one of the prosecutors, Assistant State Attorney Jeff Marcus, asked if the court would be in session Tuesday.
[RELATED: Who are they? In the courtroom of the Parkland school shooter trial]
Judge Elizabeth Scherer could be heard saying in open court: “Is she going to test today?” before they went into a private session. She then called a recess without explanation. She said all jurors who had showed up Monday for Phase Two, those who had been cleared from the first round, would now be returning on Monday, May 9.
We have asked court administrators and the judge’s judicial assistant to confirm if McNeill is out this week after testing positive for COVID and we are awaiting that confirmation. But as it stands now, full jury selection resumes next week.
(Local 10 News will have more on this developing story at noon and updates on Local10.com.)
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