Woman Goes from Juror to Witness


Talk about a switch hitter. The Cincinnati Enquirer says it was a dramatic day in court yesterday after a woman went from juror to witness. After hearing opening testimony about an anonymous 911 call in a domestic violence case, the juror raised her hand and told the courtroom she was, in fact, the unidentified caller.

A mistrial was declared after she pointed to the defendant and told the court: “It woke me up out of my bed and I saw him beating on her. I thought she must be dead.” She will return as a star witness for the prosecution when the trial resumes. The judge said he’d never seen anything like this in his 33 years on the bench.

Makes you wonder what was going on during voir dire…Wonder if it was anything like this:

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