Sara Brown

 

 

 

A jury of 10 women and two men deliberated for less than three hours Monday in the Edgartown courthouse before returning not guilty verdicts for Patrece L. Petersen and Darryl B. Baptiste. The case stemmed from a bar fight that took place outside the Ritz Cafe in March 2013.

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A judge hearing the trial in superior court took the unusual step of halting proceedings and admonishing the prosecutor for misconduct, but declined to dismiss the case. The Hon. Richard Chin said assistant district attorney Laura Marshard had improperly hindered the defense.

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