Aaron Dean's defense attorneys granted access to contact jury in a misconduct investigation that they say could lead to a new trial
According to a court document filed Thursday by Dean's attorney Robert Gill and obtained by NBC 5, the defense is seeking personal information about the jury, including contact information, to determine if one of them posted a message online seeking opinions about the trial while the trial was still underway.
Defense attorneys said they obtained a copy of the social media post purportedly posted by one of the jurors and offered it for the record as the jury deliberated Dean's punishment. The defense said the social media post"sought opinions and information from persons outside the jury" and that"if this social media post is attributable to one of the jurors in this case, and the juror received information, the defendant would be entitled to a new trial."Sign up for NBC DFW newslettersDean's attorneys also suggested the jury's unconventional sentence in the case may also be the result of misconduct.
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