Jurors in Tyco trial focus on 'criminal intent'

Wednesday, March 24, 2004

NEW YORK -- The jurors in the grand-larceny trial of two former Tyco International executives focused again on the concept of "criminal intent" Tuesday during their fourth day of deliberations. They asked the judge to explain the term -- the second such request since deliberations began -- and urged him to "go slowly" when giving the explanation. Justice Michael Obus, as he did Friday, told the jurors: "A defendant is not guilty of larceny if he believes he had the authority to take the property." The jurors finished deliberating Tuesday evening without reaching a verdict and were to continue today.

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