Yvonne Fernandez said that after she yelled at Judi DeMarco, they hugged, cried and made up.
A juror’s statements will form the basis of an an expected appeal of Anthony D. Marshall’s fraud conviction.
Defense lawyers urged the judge to see Anthony D. Marshall as the war hero, the international attaché, the late-in-life Broadway producer.
Anthony D. Marshall, 85, was convicted of siphoning millions from his mother in a trial that focused on a tangle of wills and codicils.
The assistant district attorney countered defense arguments that Anthony D. Marshall was too old and infirm to serve time.
Letters from about 75 friends are part of a defense effort to attain the dismissal of the most serious charge Brooke Astor’s son was convicted of, first-degree grand larceny.
Some legal experts said the case involving Brooke Astor’s will could motivate lawyers to use additional safeguards to ensure that their clients are mentally competent.
The chain of events Philip Marshall set off that led to his father’s conviction, may cost him and his brother about $10 million each in an inheritance they had never realized they were entitled to.