Commonwealth v. Saunders

Counsel apparently communicated with the trial judge.1 A subpoena issued for Adams’ appearance, and shortly the judge presided at a hearing at which Adams testified under questioning by defense counsel and the prosecutor. Adams said the jury were rushed in the sense that a few of the jurors were anxious to leave. She said, in effect, that she had had second thoughts about the case, but she had not been coerced in voting to convict and she was not now prepared to say that the defendant was innocent. She testified, further, that while the jury were deliberating in the jury room, a man entered,…