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Tina Peters was found guilty on seven counts in Mesa County Monday, and she was acquitted on three charges: identity theft, criminal impersonation, conspiracy to commit criminal impersonation. Peters was ordered to report to the probation department tomorrow by 12PM ET, and sentencing was set for October 3, 2024 at 9:30AM.
Note: CFP did not cover jury selection and opening statements on July 31.
Correction: An earlier version of this report errantly reported that Count 3 was a Guilty verdict. It was Not Guilty. This error has been corrected throughout, including at the 5:15PM timestamp below.
Court is adjourned.
5:30PM: Tina Peters order to report to probation tomorrow. Court is adjourned.
5:28PM: Discussing scheduling for sentences and status of bond now.
5:15PM: Guilty on Counts 1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 9, 10; Not Guilty on Count 3, 5, 7 (identity theft and criminal impersonation charges)
Jury Deliberations Underway. Stay Tuned for Live Updates as We are Now on Verdict Watch.
12:40PM: Judge swearing in new alternate jurors and the jury enters deliberations.
12:36PM: 2 mins remaining for the prosecution.
12:26PM: Prosecution rebuttal is underway. They have 12 minutes.
12:25PM: Case to they jury, "You are the only thing that stands between Clerk Peters and that government semi." Defense completes their closing.
12:21PM: Case: "We're here about crimes, and there haven't been any shown to you."
12:13PM: Defense has 13 minutes remaining. Prosecution has 12 minutes to rebut following defense closing.
12:05PM: SCOOP: Reportedly, Gerald Wood is in the courtroom. So he dodged the subpoena during trial only to show up when he cant be recalled.
11:58AM: Defense has 28 minutes remaining in their closing arguments.
11:52AM: Reasonable doubt is the standard, and John Case is doing an excellent job of poking holes in the prosecution's case re: reasonable doubt. The prosecution knows it because they are objecting every couple of minutes. Not a good look, as the defense did not object a SINGLE TIME during the prosecution's closing.
11:38AM: The prosecution is objecting during Mr. Case's closing. Classy.
11:35AM: The defense is now bringing their closing arguments.
11:21AM: The prosecution has 12 minutes remaining for their rebuttal. The court is taking a quick break before the defense delivers their closing argument.
11:18AM: The prosecution has 15 minutes remaining in their closing argument.
10:42AM: The reading of Jury instructions are completed. Prosecution is making their closing arguments now.
10:21AM: The Court had to correct an error in the jury instructions -- in front of the jury. This is after the court instructed his clerk to print 12 copies for the jury. Yikes.
10:04AM: The Court is reading the jury instructions to the jury now.
10:00AM: After a quick break to finalize the instructions, Court returns and the jury is called into the court.
9:45AM: Finalizing Jury instructions.
9:31AM: Defense request for additional time for closing. Prosecution objects. The Court finds that the case has gotten more complicated. He will give the defense five additional minutes.
9:29AM: Juror #9 is the sick one. Will be replaced with Juror #3.
9:25AM: One of the jurors is very ill, and an alternate will be used in deliberations.
9:20AM: The Court: "I'm not convinced that any of these are corrupt acts, though."
9:12AM: Court agrees with the Prosecution on the thing of value theory. Admits it is a close call. This is not the first "close call" in which the Court has exercised discretion to the advantage of the Prosecution. For example, allowing the aggrieved party to also testify as the expert witness.
9:10AM: Continuing Friday's debate over the thing of value in question. The BIOS Passwords theory has changed and the defense is arguing that they are moving the goal posts in the middle of trial. Prosecution claims they were never exclusively relying on the passwords as the thing of value. Now arguing that the trusted build itself was a thing of value. The intelligence of the trusted build was the thing of value. Notably, on Friday, they were arguing about internet fame as the thing of value.
9:05AM: Court agrees with the defense that a specific rule reference must be removed as it was improperly noticed to the defendant.
9:03AM: Court agrees with the defense that "Unanimously" must be added to all the jury interrogatories.
9:00AM: The Parties and the Court continue to debate specific jury instructions.
8:50AM: Court is back in session, and the parties are updating the record on activities that happened over the weekend. The Parties agreed that Wood's consent is an appropriate defense to be brought by Peters, a change from the position on Friday. The Prosecution is now arguing about specific jury instructions.
Live updates will resume when court returns. Expected 9AM
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Shocker. Guilty. Could not have seen that coming. Oh, wait…totally could see that coming. Justice served! FAFO