Commonwealth v. Lindsay Clancy
Plymouth Superior Court
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EditPlymouth Superior Court was the trial court for Commonwealth v. Lindsay Clancy. The 2026 jury trial was held there, and Judge William Sullivan declared a mistrial after the jury reported it could not reach a unanimous verdict.
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Add· Plymouth Superior Court
After five weeks of testimony and seven days of deliberation, the jury told Judge William Sullivan it was hopelessly deadlocked. The Supreme Judicial Court denied a last-minute defence request and the judge declared a mistrial.
· Massachusetts
Foreperson Roni Carlson and jurors Kellie Farina and Paula Devlin described the deliberations publicly. Carlson said the lone holdout acknowledged reasonable doubt but still would not join the other eleven jurors in a verdict of not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility.
· Massachusetts
Records reported after the mistrial raised questions about the holdout juror’s jury-selection disclosures: a 2021 domestic-assault-and-battery charge involving his then-wife had been dismissed; a police report recorded an allegation by his nephew that he saw the juror grab his wife by the throat and throw her into a dresser; and a later civil restraining order obtained by the nephew remained active during the trial. A pending housing-court eviction matter was also reported. The completed juror questionnaire is not public, so what the juror disclosed during selection is not established by the public record.
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