Corrine Brown Trial: Verdict watch enters third day

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5:00 p.m. -- The jury was dismissed for the day after deliberations restarted Wednesday.

After 12 hours of deliberations on Monday and Tuesday without a single question for the judge, the jury asked its first two questions Wednesday.

2:34 p.m. -- The jury has sent a second question to the judge.

The question was about jury instructions: “Does the government have to prove all four beyond a reasonable doubt for counts 2 through 8?”

Counts 2-8 are the aiding and abetting mail fraud counts.

The judge responded only by writing, “Yes.”

11:05 a.m. -- Thirty-three minutes into deliberations, the jury sent the judge its first question.

The question was: “Is the defendant responsible for everything on her filed taxes if she did not provide the information to the CPA or sign her tax form?”

The judge wrote them a response telling them to follow jury instructions 15 and 16. There is no filed public copy of jury instructions.

Deliberations resumed at 11:20 a.m.

10:27 a.m. -- Deliberations in Corrine Brown's fraud trial have restarted after the judge dismissed a juror.

Juror 13 was removed after comments about Brown and "higher beings" caused an emergency hearing Wednesday morning.

Deliberations on Brown's 22 counts started over at 10:31 a.m. so an alternate juror can participate fully in the decisions.

8:50 a.m. -- Emergency hearing scheduled overnight. Juror 8 will be questioned about another juror's "extreme religious" statements.

The judge says a juror called a courtroom deputy last night. “She was calling on her own behalf, but thought that other jurors were concerned as well.”

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Juror told courtroom deputy that “This other juror was making a comment about higher beings and also mentioned Brown’s name.”

During the hearing, Brown could be seen blowing a kiss to a supporter.

8:15 a.m. -- Corrine Brown and her attorneys are already in the courtroom along with prosecutors.

The jury could decide the fate of former Florida Congresswoman Corrine Brown as soon as Wednesday. Brown faces 357 years in prison -- and $5 million fines -- if she is convicted of federal fraud charges.

The judge turned the case over the jury on Monday afternoon. Since that time, the jury had not had any questions for the judge.

That jury panel is made up of five white men, three white women, one black man, two black women and one Hispanic man.

Nine of the 12 jurors live in Jacksonville.

Brown is one of three people that have been implicated in this case. Her Chief of Staff Ronnie Simmons and the President of One Door For Education Carla Wiley have both pleaded guilty for their roles.

Prosecutors say the three solicited more than $800,000 in donations to One Door -- which they promoted as a non-profit, although it was never properly registered- and used that money for their personal expenses and “lavish” events instead.

Brown served Florida in Congress from 1992 until she was voted out of office in 2016.

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