BATAVIA, NY -- Shortly after 5 p.m., Judge Robert C. Noonan gave the jurors in the Scott Doll murder trial what he called a "little history lesson."
Noonan said for his 20 years as a lawyer and the first five years as a judge, jurors who hadn't reached a verdict at the end of the day would be sent to a hotel, each with a room with no TV and their mobile phones would be taken away.
"We don't do that anymore," Noonan said.
He then proceeded to instruct the jurors to avoid all contact with any information or discussion about the case.
He said they are at a critical stage of the trial and there should be no outside influences on their thinking.
Before dismissing the jurors for the evening, there was no indication given as to how far along the jurors might be in their diliberations.
They were instructed to return at 9 a.m.
