Lindin Ellzey looked at the courthouse ceiling and breathed a sigh of relief and his young accuser burst into tears after a Jones County jury told the judge they couldn’t reach a unanimous decision in his molestation trial.
The jury — made up of five white women, three black women, three white men and a black man — deliberated for less than two hours before saying they were “hopelessly deadlocked” early Friday evening. Judge Dal Williamson declared a mistrial after the jury foreman told him that 10 jurors voted “not guilty” and two voted that Ellzey was guilty.
