The jury returned to the court room at 3:45 p.m. with their guilty verdict. Deadlocked jury ultimately decided circumstantial evidence was enough to convict ReganBy GAIL OBER, LACONIA DAILY SUNLACONIA — A jury found a former city man guilty of burglary in the night-time after deliberating for more hours than the actual trial took. With the conviction, Regan stands guilty of being one of two men who entered a woman’s home on Emerald Street at 1 a.m. on Aug 23, 2015, with the intent of stealing from her. In their stronger forms, said the 9th Circuit, these charges have been referred to as “dynamite charges,” because of their ability to “blast” a verdict out of a deadlocked jury. Regan’s defense ended at 2:30 p.m. Tuesday and, after getting jury instructions from the judge, the 12 members began deliberating around 2:45 p.m. ending at 4 p.m. without a verdict.

Source: Daily Sun August 11, 2016 07:18 UTC