With lawyers sometimes nervously wandering the halls, peering at
their smart phones for a hint of progress, the federal jury in the
Barry Bonds perjury trial on Monday finished another day of
deliberating without reaching a verdict.
SAN FRANCISCO
With lawyers sometimes nervously wandering the halls, peering at their smart phones for a hint of progress, the federal jury in the Barry Bonds perjury trial on Monday finished another day of deliberating without reaching a verdict.
The eight-woman, four-man jury will return to federal court in San Francisco on Tuesday morning to begin their third day of deliberations.
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The jurors have been methodical, asking to review two crucial pieces of evidence and clearly sorting through the legal wrinkles in the case before deciding the home run king’s fate.
Bonds, 46, faces three counts of perjury and one count of obstructing justice for allegedly lying to a federal grand jury in December 2003 about using steroids.
On Monday, the jurors began their deliberations by getting testimony read back in the courtroom from one of the prosecution’s chief witnesses, Kathy Hoskins, Bonds’ former personal shopper. She testified she saw Greg Anderson, Bonds’ former personal trainer, inject Bonds in the stomach, which would be the only firsthand account of such an encounter.
Bonds has spent deliberations for the most part ensconced in an attorneys’ lounge on the 18th floor of the federal building, accompanied by his lawyers and supporters, including his mother, Pat Bonds.
— Story by Howard Mintz, San Jose Mercury News
