Judge calls for mistrial

RBC I After six weeks, including jury selection, testimony and five days of jury deliberation, Judge Gail Nichols declared a mistrial in the Jerry Snider Jr. murder trial. A new trial has been set to begin May 4.
According to jurors’ notes given to Judge Nichols, the jury had been deadlocked since late Friday afternoon. Nichols called the jury in yesterday at 11:15 and asked jury foreman Mike Brennan, “Is it the collective agreement of…