Ashley Benefield, a 33-year-old ballerina convicted of manslaughter in the fatal shooting of her husband, is seeking a new trial after allegations of juror misconduct.
Jurors in the ' Black Swan Murder Trial ' will be questioned by the judge after lawyers for Ashley Benefield alleged juror misconduct .The 33-year-old ballerina was tried in July for second-degree murder in the fatal shooting of her husband, 58-year-old Douglas Benefield. She was accused of killing Douglas Benefield in a Lakewood Ranch, Florida home in 2020.The jury delivered a guilty verdict on the lesser offense of manslaughter after deliberating for over six hours.
'You cannot rely solely on a questionnaire, you have to delve into it,' O'Donnell said. 'And the record you have shows that the defense did not delve into it.'The defense also accused an unidentified juror of sneaking a phone into the deliberation room and using it to text updates.
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