11-01-2010, 11:40 AM
another damn fool juror! 
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- A Connecticut judge has rejected a defense motion to dismiss the last alternate juror in a deadly home invasion trial after she showed romantic interest in a court worker.
The judge said Monday that a "middle school note" the juror attempted to pass to a court security officer Friday was "spectacularly poor judgment" but did not affect her impartiality. A clerk intercepted the note.
A defense lawyer called the note "disturbing." Prosecutors opposed the motion, saying the juror has been paying attention.
NEW HAVEN, Conn. -- A Connecticut judge has rejected a defense motion to dismiss the last alternate juror in a deadly home invasion trial after she showed romantic interest in a court worker.
The judge said Monday that a "middle school note" the juror attempted to pass to a court security officer Friday was "spectacularly poor judgment" but did not affect her impartiality. A clerk intercepted the note.
A defense lawyer called the note "disturbing." Prosecutors opposed the motion, saying the juror has been paying attention.