On Wednesday, it appeared jurors might be nearing a verdict in Claud “Tex” McIver murder trial. Instead, they remain deadlocked after a second full day of deliberations.
For the second time this week, the 12-person panel sat in McIver’s Ford Expedition, this time holding the defendant’s .38 revolve in an attempt to re-create the events of September 25, 2016. Judge Robert McBurney agreed to allow it but first had to enter the vehicle into evidence, raising the ire of the defense.
“You’re just doing the work the state failed to do,” defense co-counsel Bruce Harvey said.
Earlier Thursday, jurors re-watched McIver’s interview with Atlanta police that occurred three days after the shooting.
They had no additional requests for the judge Thursday. They’ll reconvene at 9 a.m. Friday.
In an interesting side note, Jennifer Rosenbaum, a Henry County woman awaiting trial for the 2015 death of a 2-year-old foster child in her care, was in the courtroom for a second straight day. She declined to say why she was there.
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