Kyle Rittenhouse attorney Corey Chirafisi told Judge Bruce Schroeder that the defense will ask for a mistrial without prejudice over a dispute regarding a drone video. If a mistrial without prejudice is declared by the judge, the state would be able to retry the case. Rittenhouse, if convicted of the most serious charge, faces a mandatory life sentence in the shooting deaths of two individuals on the night of Aug. 25, 2020. Earlier this week, his lawyers originally motioned for a mistrial with prejudice because the “prosecution gave the defense a compressed version of the video,” which “was not as clear as the video kept by the state.” They also raised other issues in their motion, including prosecutor Thomas Binger’s line of questioning of Rittenhouse last week that, according to the defense, violated his Fifth Amendment right to remain silent. Rittenhouse’s lawyers further said they were handed a drone-captured video that …
Rittenhouse Lawyers Say They Will Motion for Mistrial Without Prejudice
November 17, 2021
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