McMartin Jury Returns Two More Sealed Verdicts
Jurors in the McMartin Pre-School molestation trial Friday returned two more sealed verdicts, bringing to 34 the number of verdicts reached thus far and leaving 31 counts yet to be decided.
The eight-man, four-woman Superior Court jury returned the two verdicts on the 30th day of deliberations. The jury returned six other sealed verdicts on Wednesday and 26 other verdicts before its vacation the last two weeks of December. The jury must now reach verdicts on 31 other counts.
Superior Court Judge William Pounders has said that, as long as he is satisfied the jury is making progress in its deliberations on the remaining counts, he will not unseal and finalize the verdicts until all of them are returned. Former Manhattan Beach preschool teachers Raymond Buckey, 31, and his mother, Peggy McMartin Buckey, 62, are charged with one count of conspiracy and 64 counts of child molestation.
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