Lindsay Clancy holdout juror won't have to turn over phone or face inquiry, judge says

The lone holdout juror who was the only one in favor of convicting her of murder for the strangling deaths of her three young children will not have to have his phone examined or face an inquiry from her defense attorney, a Massachusetts judge ruled Wednesday.Judge William Sullivan denied Clancy attorney Kevin Reddington's motion for an evidentiary hearing.Sullivan wrote that the potential evidence to dismiss the juror, referred to as Juror Doe in court documents but understood to be Michael Desronvil, came to light only after the mistrial was declared — which makes it irrelevant under court precedent.LINDSAY CLANCY HOLDOUT JUROR'S LAWYER TORCHES 'LOONEY TUNES MOTION' TO INVESTIGATE HIMMichael P.Desronvil, the juror whose refusal to join the other 11 led to a mistrial in the Lindsay Clancy murder trial.

(Fugitive TV)The defense did not raise the issue that Juror Doe lied on the jury questionnaire before the mistrial was declared, he wrote, — it originated in media reports."Because post-trial information potentially affecting Juror Doe's impartiality cannot be used to attack the determination that a mistrial was manifestly necessary, Clancy is not entitled to an evidentiary hearing on that issue," Sullivan found, while also noting that Reddington didn't raise the possibility that Juror Doe used a cell phone improperly until after the mistrial was declared.LINDSAY CLANCY HOLDOUT JUROR ASKS FOR ONE THING IN NEW VIDEO AFTER MISTRIAL DRAMALindsay Clancy and Kevin Reddington listen to Judge Sullivan ask the jury to continue deliberations during the Clancy's murder trial on Thursday, Sept.3, 2026, in Plymouth, Mass.

Any further inquiry into the holdout juror is inappropriate because of "the mandate that the court must not delve into a juror's subjective reasoning, thought process, view of the case, or relationship to the other jurors, and must not inquire into the jury's deliberative content, collective thought process, or any disagreement among the jury," Sull...