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Donna AdelsontranscripttranscriptJury Deliberation - Day 9 - Donna AdelsonAfter excusing two jurors, the court instructed the remaining jurors to begin deliberations, with recorded-call transcripts kept outside the jury room.
Georgia CapplemanJoshua D. ZelmanStephen EverettCourt ClerkJudge EverettMs. CapplemanMr. Zelmanjury_instructions
Donna Adelson/Day 9/September 4, 2025
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Final instructions and closing arguments preceded guilty verdicts on all three counts; jurors confirmed the verdicts during polling.
Deliberation Instructions and Jury Sent to Deliberate
Jury InstructionJury Instr.Deliberation Instructions and Jury Sent to Deliberate
17:49:21

COURT CLERK: Tiffany Dance and Chantal Tolbert.

27:49:23

JUDGE EVERETT: Ms. Dance and Ms. Tolbert, we thank you your service over the course of this trial. If you would like to know the outcome, please let the bailiffs know. I will have my assistant contact you with that information. we thank you for your service. You are excused at this time.

Members of the jury, you may follow Ms. Tolbert and Ms. Dance. You may take your copy of the jury instructions and your notepads with you at this time.

One moment, before you go back in, the transcripts of the recorded calls, these are to remain out here. Please leave those in your seats. Only the jury instructions and your notes.

(Jury exits.)

47:50:30

JUDGE EVERETT: Deputy Bunk, if you can check on the radio to see if there is another jury room possibly that they can be taken to temporarily while the headphones and the audio equipment is moved.

57:50:44

MS. CAPPLEMAN: Judge, we learned that the headphones can just be unplugged and there is stuff already set up back there for them to plug them in. So we don't have to do anything with that.

67:50:53

JUDGE EVERETT: well, that makes that perfect then.

77:50:54

MS. CAPPLEMAN: I'm sorry. I forgot to tell you that.

87:50:56

JUDGE EVERETT: Everyone can be seated. If the parties can review the items that will go back into the jury room with the jurors. The instructions that were read aloud with a copy of the verdict form, you can inspect that as well before it goes back. I will hand that to the clerk at this point.

Instruction 4.2, Instruction Upon Discharge, that will just remain out here as the case has not yet concluded.

Also please leave your phone numbers with the clerk, so that way if there is a question or a verdict, everyone can quickly assemble. Unless there are any other matters to address for the Court, we will be in recess at this point.

MS. CAPPLEMAN: Nothing from the State, Judge.

MR. ZELMAN: Nothing from the defense that I am aware of.

(Court in recess.)

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