After months of testimony and 21 grueling days of deliberation, the criminal fraud trial against Dewey & LeBoeuf’s former leaders ended in a mistrial on Monday.
After the jury sent out a third note saying it could not reach a unanimous decision, Acting Supreme Court Justice Robert Stolz denied a request for another Allen charge instructing the jurors to continue deliberating and declared a mistrial after asking them if further deliberations would result in a unanimous verdict or if further legal instruction would be helpful.
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