Judge holds court past 5:30Posted Sep19, 2007 at 05:32 PMJudge Ray Grubbs, who told potential jurors court would likely go until 5:30 p.m. each day of the trial, has decided to interview one more group of potential jurors before he recesses for the day. Two more jurors were just seated, leaving one more person to complete the pool of 24. Five more people remain to be questioned, and three more potential jurors have just walked into the courtroom. Three more jurors neededPosted Sep19, 2007 at 04:29 PMJudge Ray Grubbs needs to sit three more jurors to complete the pool of 24. Two more people were just seated. Eight more people remain from the pool to be interviewed. A new panel of three people to be interviewed are scheduled to enter the courtroom after a five-minute break. Morva tired of jury selection?Posted Sep19, 2007 at 03:11 PMThe dragging on of the jury selection -- five more jurors must be seated and 11 more people are available to be interviewed -- appears to be taking its toll on William Morva. At one point during questioning, Morva's head drifted downward as if he were falling asleep. sheriff's deputies walked behind him and one hit him on the shoulder and his head jerked upward. He also doesn't seem to like attention from the video camera running between juror questioning. Twice he stretched out his middle finger and looked straight into the camera as he scratched different parts of his face. At least three sheriff's deputies have entered the media room to view tapes of what they believe is "flipping off" of the camera. "It don't get much more blatant that that," one deputy said. Judge advises coats in courtroomPosted Sep19, 2007 at 12:17 PMJudge Ray Grubbs just recessed for a 45-minute lunch. But before the courtroom emptied, he commented on the cold conditions. "I did not realize until this morning in the paper that you all were freezing," he said. Grubbs said he contacted maintenance in the building and said the temperature could not be changed. "I can't tell you the reasons why," he said. "I can only advise you to wear heavy coats." Hokie equipment manager won't need Beamer notePosted Sep19, 2007 at 11:30 AMVirginia Tech Football Coach Frank Beamer won't need to call in favors to get equipment manager Lester Karlin out of jury duty. Judge Ray Grubbs just dismissed Karlin as a potential juror in the Morva trial after both the prosecution and defense questioned him individually. On Tuesday, Karlin told Grubbs that serving up to three weeks on the jury would cause hardship to his job "to get the Virginia Tech football team on the field and on the road." Grubbs laughed at that saying that he should have Beamer call the judge to excuse Carlin Continue reading "Hokie equipment manager won't need Beamer note" » |
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