The dispute centers on juror Michael P. Desronvil, whose holdout vote led to a mistrial in the case. The jury foreperson sent the judge a note accusing Desronvil of refusing to follow the law on reasonable doubt, a claim Paltzik disputes directly.
Paltzik made the comments in a preview interview with Fox News host Kayleigh McEnany, set to air Monday on "Fox & Friends." When McEnany pressed him on whether Desronvil ever had reasonable doubt, Paltzik said no. His client had, in Paltzik's words, "a lot of evidence, a mountain of evidence" behind his decision, not a refusal to engage with the law.
The exchange reframes what happened inside the jury room. Such a note can shape public perception of why a high-profile murder case ended without a verdict, and Paltzik's version paints Desronvil not as an obstacle to justice, but as a juror who weighed the evidence and landed somewhere his fellow jurors couldn't accept.
The mistrial leaves the underlying case unresolved, but the fight over what really happened between twelve people in a locked room is just getting started.