Verdicts Reached in Moore Corruption Trial
A federal jury sent out word Tuesday that it has reached verdicts on 21 criminal counts in the political corruption trial of former Compton City Councilwoman Patricia Moore.
After five days of deliberations, the jury indicated that it was deadlocked on four other counts against Moore.
There was no indication which way the jurors had voted and they quit for the day before a decision could be made on whether to announce the verdicts or send the panel back to deliberate on the remaining charges.
U.S. District Judge Consuelo B. Marshall scheduled a hearing for 1:30 p.m. Wednesday to resolve the issue.
In a brief court session late Tuesday, Assistant U.S. Atty. John M. Potter told the judge that the government would be willing to accept a mistrial on the undecided counts.
But defense attorney Thomas A. Mesereau Jr. said he needed some time to confer with Moore, who had not yet arrived from her home in Compton.
Moore is charged with 23 counts of extortion and two counts of income tax fraud, the outgrowth of a four-year FBI probe of official corruption in Compton.
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