San Diego
For a second consecutive day, the jury in the retrial of Sagon Penn failed to meet for deliberations Tuesday because of the absence of a juror.
Juror Richard Bunuan failed to appear in Superior Court for the jury’s scheduled 18th day of discussions. But court officials said they had been in touch with him, and the jury was expected to resume its deliberations early today.
Juror Belinda Stallworth’s absence caused by illness delayed deliberations Monday.
Penn, 25, faces five felony counts in the shooting death more than two years ago of San Diego Police Agent Thomas Riggs and the wounding of Agent Donovan Jacobs and civilian ride-along Sarah Pina Ruiz.
The defense claims Penn, a black, was firing to defend himself from a racially motivated attack.
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