Boyfriend Gets SPLIT VERDICT in Teen’s Deadly Ride Trial

[00:00:00] Speaker 1: all right party stipulate to the presence of the jury yes sir all right you can be seated ladies and gentlemen thank you we do have a note that says at 517 from the jury foreperson juror number 2bj that we are ready to give our verdict of the trial is that correct yes or no yes mark that [00:00:33] Speaker 2: ladies and gentlemen of the jury as your number and initials are called please indicate your presence by answering here rise and remain standing juror 1ms here juror 2bj here juror 3pc here juror 4jr here juror 5mg here juror 6cs here would the foreperson please identify himself or herself by initials bj all but the foreperson may be seated mr foreperson in the case of state of connecticut versus cooper olett has the jury agreed upon the verdict yes will the defendant cooper olett please rise and face the jury in docket number hhb cr24 0349816 t in count one of the information charging the defendant cooper olett with the crime of manslaughter in the first degree in violation of section 53a-55 paren a paren 3 of the connecticut general statutes is the defendant guilty or not guilty not guilty as to the lesser included crime of manslaughter in the second degree in violation of section 53a-56 paren a paren 1 of the connecticut general statutes with which the defendant stands charged charged in the first count is the defendant guilty or not guilty guilty in count two of the information charging the defendant cooper olett with the crime of delivery of alcohol to a minor in violation of section 30-86 paren b paren 2 of the connecticut general statutes is the defendant guilty or not guilty guilty may the word be accepted and recorded may be accepted and recorded ladies and gentlemen of the jury please listen to your verdict as it is accepted and recorded as to count one of the information charging the defendant cooper olett with the crime of manslaughter in the first degree in violation of section 53a-55 paren a paren 3 of the connecticut general statutes you say the defendant is not guilty as to lesser included crime of manslaughter in the second degree in violation of section 53a-56 paren a paren 1 of the connecticut general statutes you say the defendant is guilty as to count two of the information charging the defendant cooper olett with the crime of delivery of alcohol to a minor in violation of section 30-86 paren b paren 2 of the connecticut general statutes you say the defendant is guilty so say you mr foreperson yes so say you all yes thank you you may be seated thank you ladies and gentlemen [00:03:09] Speaker 1: appreciate that ladies and gentlemen the verdict in this case has now been accepted and it is time to discharge you from your oath the time and energy you've spent listening to the evidence and to the charge and deliberating to a verdict is greatly appreciated by the parties and by the court jury service is both a burden and a privilege to our legal system which could not function without your participation i want to thank you for your efforts the oath that you took at the beginning of this case obligated you to keep silent about your work as jurors during the trial having rendered your verdict you are released from that oath it is of course up to you to decide whether or not to talk about your work as jurors you certainly have no obligation to do so and should be aware that any comment you might you may make might become the cause of further proceedings in this court concerning your verdict you are now now discharged because this pre this proceeding is still pending by the law does suggest that i cannot speak with you regarding your experience however uh in to appreciate your i appreciate your participation here i want to like to thank you individually and shake your hands and personally say thank you as you exit the jury room so if you could just hang out there for a few minutes i appreciate that okay thank you very much just one more second do you want the jury to be pulled uh no your honor okay thank you ladies [00:04:53] Speaker 3: all right anything from the parties state at this point your honor mr olett is no longer cloaked in innocence he's been found guilty of manslaughter in the second degree as well as delivering alcohol to a minor the state's request would be to increase his bond okay what's his bond now do you know [00:05:12] Speaker 1: 50 000 do you have a certain request or no i do not okay okay your honor he's been out um on bond for [00:05:20] Speaker 4: quite some time now he has no record he's 21 years old he lives with his family i would ask uh ron to be remained to set he's given no um indication to the court that he's a flight risk or a danger to society [00:05:33] Speaker 1: all right well he did get convicted of a serious felony a c felony where it's uh penalties up to 10 years another delivery of alcohol to a minor which i believe is up to 11 months court is going to increase his bond to two increases bond two hundred thousand dollars and we need a psi date would the court consider that to be post in court only post that court only and there will be at this point 24 7 uh lockdown with uh carve outs for medical and uh attorney appointments at this point and if you want to make any motions relative to those carve outs you can do so all right all right so we're gonna have a psi do you want to be present yes please all right we're going to the uh first of the year yes january 12th january 12th work for the state yes your honor turn around yes your honor all right uh january 12th again i want to thank the state i want to take it thank attorney rad uh attorney manella for your professionalism uh the amount of work you put into this uh case it's greatly appreciated i'd like to thank the staff the marshals attorney ferriola our clerks our monitors for all their hard work [00:06:55] Speaker 4: we are adjourned all right [00:07:25] Speaker ?: Thank you. Thank you.