City News Service is reporting that an attorney for convicted Hollywood P.I. Anthony Pellicano filed papers today asking for a new trial because of alleged acts of juror misconduct. A jury last month found Pellicano guilty of 76 of 77 federal charges, including racketeering, identity theft, computer fraud and nine counts of wiretapping. He defended himself at trial. But his long-time attorney Steven Gruel claimed in court papers that the foreperson failed to tell the court that she heard Assistant U.S. Atty Daniel Saunders tell Chad Hummel, an attorney for ex-LAPD Sgt. Mark Arneson, that the prosecution would seek perjury charges against the ex-cop. When U.S. District Judge Dale Fischer later asked the panelists if they had heard Saunders' comments, only one juror -- not the forewoman -- raised her hand, Gruel's court papers state.
After the 10-week trial ended, the forewoman e-mailed other jurors, ordering them not to speak with an investigator working for Pellicano, Gruel alleges. The attorney also alleged that four jurors deliberated in private when other members of the panel were not around. And the husband of one juror allegedly told her information he learned about the trial from Allison Hope Weiner's blog on the Huffington Post. Gruel told CNS the allegations are quite serious because "the jury is supposed to make its decision in a vacuum.'' Pellicano is set to stand trial with noted entertainment attorney Terry Christensen on July 15th in the case of the alleged wiretapping of the ex-wife of Kirk Kerkorian.
Could There Be A Pellicano Trial Do Over?


Please God no…
Gruel should file an additional papers regarding the biased Jury Instructions particularly on the RICO instructions. One of the Jurors publicly stated to deadline hollywood reporter that the instructions made it impossible for the jury NOT to come back guilty on the enterprise counts even if they wanted to. The instructions were flawed and prejudiced. Also the jury was not instructed on how to listen to the tapes with an OPEN mind as to what AJP was making reference to when he stated how he was getting the information. AJP never says that he is getting the information from a WIRETAP and there was ZERO evidence of WIRETAPPING. If Gruel does not get an evidentiary hearing on the Jury misconduct he should appeal the entire case to 9th circuit to overturn both of AJP convictions for blatant and persistent government misconduct and fourth, fifth, sixth amendment violations.
Holy shit, the same stuff that happens at EVERY SINGLE JURY TRIAL EVER also happened at this one. Stop the fucking presses.
gruel should also file some sort of motion regarding the fact the court was not informed that AJP’s father had passed away but the BOP withld this information from him for several weeks and then gave him the information days before his closing argument.
AJP is too proud to admit he had a diminished capacity to rep himself at that point because he was grieving and called for a delay in the trial so he could bring his lawyers back on.
The Judge should have been informed by the BOP and State’s Attorney’s office that governs the MDC in LA that AJP may not have been in a healthy enough state of mind to mount a proper defense at that point.
He seemed to just give up if you look at the transcripts and docket filings. not one motion for mistrial, no recrosses, nothing. just tried to shake hands with saunders. father to father, son to son?
A good reporter will find this story….call the wife.
Bring it on! And, put all those slippery snakes on the stand this time and ask them real questions!!! No excuses!!!
yo paulie jovie… so what exactly is your job for pellicano? gee that’s hard to figure out.
he lost. he’s going to jail.
good try though! NOT