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IN THE blink of an eye Wednesday, an aggravated-assault trial was derailed on its first day after the victim's glass eye popped out on the witness stand.
Right into his hand.
Jurors gasped as a weeping John "Big Red" Huttick caught his fake peeper. Defense attorney Eileen Hurley demanded a mistrial, which Common Pleas Judge Robert P. Coleman granted.
"It was shocking and unexpected. He caught it in his hand and sort of held it there," Hurley said.
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20130207_Eye-dropping_testimony_leads_to_mistrial.html
All in favor of a mistrial - vote eye.
Right into his hand.
Jurors gasped as a weeping John "Big Red" Huttick caught his fake peeper. Defense attorney Eileen Hurley demanded a mistrial, which Common Pleas Judge Robert P. Coleman granted.
"It was shocking and unexpected. He caught it in his hand and sort of held it there," Hurley said.
http://www.philly.com/philly/news/20130207_Eye-dropping_testimony_leads_to_mistrial.html
All in favor of a mistrial - vote eye.
