Lindsay Clancy Mistrial: Defense and Prosecutors Agree to Adjourn Hearing on Holdout Juror

A planned hearing to address a motion to investigate the lone holdout juror in the Lindsay Clancy mistrial has been postponed, according to Edward Paltzik, an attorney for the juror. Clancy's defense team and Massachusetts prosecutors have agreed to the delay, though a final decision rests with Judge William Sullivan.

The delay comes as the juror's counsel informed the parties that he lacks access to impounded information necessary to prepare a response to the motion. The motion, filed by Clancy's attorney Kevin Reddington, sought an inquiry into Michael Desronvil, the sole juror who maintained Clancy's guilt in the murder of her three children.

Clancy, who faced three counts of first-degree murder, was charged in the strangling deaths of her children: Cora, 5, Dawson, 3, and Callan, 8 months. Jurors deadlocked on September 4, resulting in a mistrial. Reddington had argued for an insanity defense, citing postpartum psychosis.

A status conference for Clancy is still scheduled for Tuesday. This hearing was anticipated to cover Reddington's motion to investigate Desronvil and a double jeopardy motion seeking to dismiss the charges and avoid a retrial. Prosecutors are also expected to provide an update on their plans.

Reddington had questioned why he did not object to Desronvil during jury selection, given that he had 16 strikes available to remove potential jurors. Eleven of the twelve jurors had agreed that Clancy should be found not guilty by reason of mental defect or disease.