Friday, August 01, 2003


All-female jury swoons over cop's testimony
By Lawrence Buser

Some witnesses make a positive impression on juries, though police officer John Chevalier may have set a new standard.

In an aggravated robbery trial last week in Criminal Court, Chevalier testified about his role in the case as 12 Criminal Court jurors and two alternates - all of them female - listened attentively.

After Chevalier's testimony, the jurors sent a note to the judge reading: "We'd like to have him marked as an exhibit so we can have him back in the jury room during deliberations."...