# Judge bars defence from questioning juror after Clancy mistrial

- URL: https://talkfuse.com/story/lindsay-clancy-judge-denies-bid-to-question-holdout-juror-who-refused-to-acquit-mom-in-murder-of-her-three-children/
- Published: 2026-10-21T21:55:01+00:00
- Updated: 2026-10-21T22:17:25+00:00
- Original publisher: Daily Mail (publisher lean: Right)
- Original article: https://www.dailymail.com/news/article-16228283/Lindsay-Clancy-denies-question-holdout-juror.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490
- Topics: World

## Key points

- Judge rejects bid to question the holdout juror.
- Jury deadlock led to a mistrial on 4 September.
- A separate double jeopardy motion remains pending.

## Summary

A Massachusetts judge has rejected Lindsay Clancy’s request to question the sole juror who did not vote to acquit her, after the jury deadlocked and the trial ended in a mistrial on 4 September. The ruling means the defence cannot use information that emerged after the mistrial to challenge whether it was necessary.

Clancy’s lawyers sought an evidentiary hearing, alleging juror Michael Desronvil had not disclosed past domestic violence allegations and may have used a mobile phone or failed to follow instructions. Judge William Sullivan said the defence had raised no such concerns before the mistrial and that courts should not investigate jurors’ private reasoning or deliberations. He has yet to decide Clancy’s separate motion to dismiss the three murder charges on double jeopardy grounds; arguments are scheduled for 2 November.

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