THERE’S NO VERDICT YET IN THE FIRST DEGREE MURDER TRIAL OF 63-YEAR-OLD THOMAS POPP IN WOODBURY COUNTY DISTRICT COURT
THE JURY IN THE CASE RESUMED DELIBERATIONS AT 9AM FRIDAY MORNING AND HAS YET TO REACH A DECISION.
EARLIER THIS AFTERNOON THEY SENT A NOTE TO JUDGE TOD DECK SAYING THEY WERE SPLIT ON DECIDING THE CASE.
THEY WERE TOLD TO KEEP DELIBERATING.
AROUND 4PM FRIDAY THEY SENT THE JUDGE ANOTHER NOTE THAT THEY WERE STILL DEADLOCKED.
THE JURY WAS THEN DISMISSED FOR THE WEEKEND AND WILL RECONVENE AT 9AM ON MONDAY.
THE JURY STARTED THEIR DELIBERATIONS AROUND 2:45PM THURSDAY AFTERNOON AND WENT HOME AT 4:30PM THAT DAY.
THEY HAVE DELIBERATED THE CASE FOR ABOUT 8 HOURS TOTAL AS OF 4PM FRIDAY.
THOMAS POPP IS CHARGED IN THE 1983 SHOOTING DEATH OF 18-YEAR-OLD TERRI MCCAULEY.
