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  1. See Wednesday's KNS or knoxnews.com for final story. #houstons
  2. Court takes case under consideration, will rule later. #houstons
  3. Should be "violated" below. #houstons
  4. Bledsoe: Judge vioated court rules in handling verdict. "What judge did should never be done in any trial in this state." #houstons
  5. Bledsoe: Defense correct that Rocky can't be retried on any charge where jury voted not guilty. #houstons
  6. Bledsoe: Judge told jury to write down what they agreed on. They followed instructions. #houstons
  7. Bledsoe: Defense could have asked for further deliberations, didn't. #houstons
  8. Bledsoe: "This trial was over. Everybody knew that. Jury reached unanimous decision they could reach." #houstons
  9. Bledsoe: Yes, judge failed to declare mistrial, but defense missed chance to object. #houstons
  10. Bledsoe: Jurors told judge they couldn't decide on charges left blank. #houstons
  11. Rogers out of time. Bledsoe up next. #houstons
  12. Rogers: Jurors told to move down verdict form only if voting to acquit, presumed to obey. #houstons
  13. Rogers running out of time. #houstons
  14. Rogers: Jurors presumed to follow law. #houstons
  15. Rogers: Judge failed to declare mistrial, sent jury home too early. #houstons
  16. Rogers: "If you release jury, you release defendant." #houstons
  17. Rogers: Special Judge James "Buddy" Scott should have sent jury back to deliberate more after incomplete verdict. #houstons
  18. Rogers: Jury returned form w/ 8 "verbatim acquittals," more acquittals implied. #houstons
  19. Rogers: Want "verdict from jury we spent time, effort with at first trial." #houstons
  20. Rogers: "Classic" double jeopardy issue in Rocky's case. #houstons