Defense lawyers for Lindsay Clancy are targeting the lone holdout juror who blocked her acquittal, asking a judge to probe whether he secretly used a cellphone during deliberations in the prosecution of the Massachusetts mother accused of strangling her three young children.
In court filings unsealed Monday, defense attorney Kevin Reddington requested a formal inquiry into juror Michael Desronvil. The defense wants the court to question Desronvil regarding his alleged phone use during deliberations—a violation of state court rules—and to scrutinize his honesty on a pre-trial questionnaire and during a judicial inquiry held the day before the trial concluded.
