Jury goes home for the day without reaching verdict in American Legion murder case
By Matt Miller
PennLive.com
After deliberating for eight hours Thursday, a Cumberland County jury had yet to reach a verdict in a trial over a June 2016 murder at an American Legion post in Carlisle.
The jurors are weighing the case against Robert “Rocky” Anderson, who is accused of gunning down Daniel “DJ” Harris in the Haines-Stackfield American Legion post on West Penn Street.
Senior Assistant District Attorney Kimberly Metzger is seeing a first-degree murder conviction and a death sentence for the 41-year-old Anderson. She claims Anderson killed Harris amid a long-running feud among their families.
Defense attorney Heidi Eakin has argued that the prosecution case is based on speculation and that no viable evidence ties Anderson to Harris’ slaying.
The jury deliberated about an hour Wednesday, then considered the case for a full day Thursday. At one point, the panel asked to see video evidence and hear recordings of wiretapped phone calls again. The jurors also asked President Judge Edward E. Guido to instruct them again on the legal application of circumstantial evidence.
Guido sent the jurors home just before 5 p.m. Thursday with orders to take up the case again Friday morning.
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