On Tuesday, deliberation Day 12, the jury did not send any notes, spending the entire day in the jury room except during the lunch break, offering no additional clues about how their work was going.

'Not a peep' from jury in Ed Holley murder trial as deliberations extend into Day 13

After the jury informed the court for a third time of a deadlock, Judge Hyun Chin Kim took the lunch hour to think it over: declare a mistrial or send the jury back to work.

Deadlocked jury told to keep deliberating in second murder trial of Ed Holley

Before dismissing the jury Friday afternoon, Judge Hyun Chin Kim said she was "concerned" about how long deliberations are taking, and that she will keep the jury working up to extra hour each day beginning Monday.

As deliberations in Ed Holley murder trial drag into Week 3, judge plans to keep jury working longer

The jury is scheduled to return Friday morning and will resume deliberations immediately, with no pending jury notes before the court.

Despite deadlock, jury in Ed Holley murder trial continues deliberating

The jury in the second murder trial of Ed Holley wrote to Judge Kim Wednesday afternoon for the second time informing her they cannot reach a verdict in the trial for the 2003 murder of Megan McDonald.


Jury tells judge in Ed Holley murder trial they are 'deadlocked'

About an hour after she joined deliberations, the jury sent Orange County Judge Judge Hyun Chin Kim a note requesting to review several elements of the forensic investigation, mainly about DNA evidence in the 2003 murder case.

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