Veteran organized crime reporter George Anastasia is covering the Anthony Nicodemo trial in Philadelphia for Bigtrial.net.
Shortly after mobster Anthony Nicodemo's attorney offered a bizarre carjacking defense last week to explain how his client became an unwitting getaway driver in the December 2012 murder of Gino DiPietro, a person following the trial rolled his eyes and scoffed.
"There's no way a common-sense jury buys that story," the observer said.
But common sense doesn't always apply in Common Pleas Court, a sometimes illogical Alice in Wonderland judicial world where the unexplainable happens. This morning, as the defense was preparing to call its first witness, it happened again.
Judge Jeffrey Minehart declared a mistrial late this morning after dismissing two more jurors in the case. That left the panel with just 11 members and apparently neither side wanted to proceed at that point. The case blew up amid reports that police have opened an investigation into possible jury tampering.
You can read the rest of the piece via the below link:
http://www.bigtrial.net/2014/05/mistrial-in-nicodemo-murder-case.html
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