Judge halts jury talks in Arizona campus shooting trial

 

April 27, 2017



FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. (AP) — The judge overseeing the trial of a man accused of murder and assault for fatally shooting one Northern Arizona University student and wounding three others halted jury deliberations Wednesday after concluding the prosecution gave jurors misleading information during closing arguments.

Coconino County Superior Court Judge Dan Slayton reviewed court transcripts and decided the prosecution erred when jurors were told Steven Jones did not tell officers he thought a group of students had been trying to kill him until after he was at a police station and sitting down with an...



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