{"id":8101,"date":"2026-09-04T20:06:44","date_gmt":"2026-09-04T20:06:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=8101"},"modified":"2026-09-04T20:06:44","modified_gmt":"2026-09-04T20:06:44","slug":"what-lindsay-clancys-lawyer-argued-in-his-last-ditch-appeal-to-get-mistrial-tossed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/metrotransitreview.com\/?p=8101","title":{"rendered":"What Lindsay Clancy’s lawyer argued in his last-ditch appeal to get mistrial tossed"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Lindsay Clancy asked Massachusetts\u2019 highest court to force the judge overseeing her high-profile triple murder trial to individually question or boot the holdout juror in her case before a mistrial was declared.<\/p>\n

Read more Top prosecutor mum on whether he\u2019ll retry Lindsay Clancy for murder after mistrial<\/a><\/p>\n

Clancy\u2019s lawyers filed emergency papers with the Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court Friday afternoon to block Judge William Sullivan from declaring a mistrial on the grounds that he made a bad call when he chose not to probe a male holdout juror who allegedly didn\u2019t follow the law on reasonable doubt. <\/p>\n

Follow The Post\u2019s live updates on the Lindsay Clancy trial<\/strong><\/p>\n

Earlier Friday, Reddington pleaded with Sullivan to query the juror but Sullivan denied the request after he questioned the panelists Thursday asking each of them one by one if they could follow his law. Sullivan then re-read his jury instructions on reasonable doubt to the jury.<\/p>\n

\u201cA mistrial at this point is entirely avoidable, but only if the court does its job,\u201d read Clancy\u2019s appeal papers, filed by her lawyer, Dana Goldblatt.<\/p>\n

Clancy specifically wants the appeal court judge to ask about the juror\u2019s ability \u201cto apply the law\u201d and stop him from any more deliberations \u201cuntil the court determines \u2026 the juror is willing and able to follow the court\u2019s instructions.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cIntervention is necessary in this case to avoid an avoidable mistrial of a case that is so time and labor intensive and that has captured so much public attention,\u201d the papers said. \u201cIt is also necessary to preserve the defendant\u2019s right to a fair trial by unbiased jurors applying the law.\u201d<\/p>\n

Read more Lindsay Clancy supporters may see mistrial as a victory \u2014 but it\u2019s really a step backward for womankind<\/a><\/p>\n

Here\u2019s the latest on Lindsay Clancy\u2019s murder trial:<\/strong><\/h2>\n