Diddy Jury Deadlocked After Rapper's Defense Played 'high Stakes Poker': Legal Expert

Sean "Diddy" Combs' federal proceedings jurors were deadlocked Tuesday aft reaching a verdict connected 4 of nan 5 counts against nan rapper.

Two months aft nan proceedings kicked off, and astir 14 hours into deliberations, jurors told Judge Arun Subramanian that they were incapable to scope a unanimous determination connected a racketeering charge.  

The prosecution called much than 30 witnesses to nan guidelines passim 7 weeks of testimony, while Diddy's defense squad rested without calling immoderate witnesses connected their behalf — a move considered "high stakes poker" by erstwhile national charismatic and Fox News contributor Trey Gowdy.

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Diddy's defense played "high stakes poker" by not calling witnesses to nan stand, experts say. (Jane Rosenberg)

"Usually, erstwhile defense does not telephone witnesses, that suspect is called an inmate," Gowdy explained. "I've said that my full career. That's a fancy measurement of calling personification an inmate. You gotta springiness nan assemblage a logic for reasonable uncertainty and to simply opportunity nan prosecution hasn’t met its load … astir jurors don’t really understand what that load is."

He added, "Gotta springiness nan assemblage a logic for doubt and if you don't put up a very important defense, each you do is cross-examine authorities witnesses, past you're going to beryllium an inmate."

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Diddy told nan tribunal past week that it was his determination not to attest successful his activity crimes case. The judge asked if Diddy understood he had nan correct to attest aliases not testify, and if he had discussed his authorities pinch his attorney. Diddy responded, "Yes, thoroughly," earlier admitting it was "solely my decision" to not attest successful his activity crimes trial. 

Jurors began deliberating connected Monday, June 30, and of nan 5 counts, could not work together connected a verdict for nan racketeering charge, 1 of nan astir superior counts against nan disgraced euphony mogul. A national RICO usurpation tin consequence successful a 20-year sentence. The proscription to prosecute successful adultery complaint could transportation a condemnation of up to 10 years, while activity trafficking by force, fraud aliases coercion may transportation a 20-year sentence.

Jurors were incapable to scope a verdict Tuesday connected each 5 counts successful Sean "Diddy" Combs' national proceedings for activity crimes. (Jane Rosenberg)

"It’s very analyzable — astir lawyers cannot explicate RICO, truthful to expect 12 people, mean national jurors to understand a criminal enterprise, predicate acts … it’s conscionable a batch to ask," Gowdy said. "There’s a logic to complaint it moreover if you don’t win. It opens evidentiary doors that mightiness beryllium closed, truthful tons of times prosecutors will complaint thing because it enables you to get other grounds earlier a assemblage moreover though you don't really expect to get a blameworthy verdict connected that count."

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Criminal defense lawyer John W. Day, proprietor of nan Santa Fe, New Mexico-based rule believe John Day Law, told Fox News Digital that jurors whitethorn person had a difficult clip comprehending nan RICO charge.

"Was Diddy's high-flying and possibly disturbing manner conscionable that, aliases tin you really prime retired a criminal endeavor that is nan balanced of an organized crime family?" Day said. "But tomorrow greeting nan judge will beryllium hoping that aft a nighttime of reasoning astir it, nan jurors will person 2nd thoughts astir a divided verdict connected RICO — 1 measurement aliases nan different — and travel backmost pinch a unanimous verdict connected that astir superior charge."

Cassie Ventura gave affectional grounds during Sean "Diddy" Combs' national trial. (Jane Rosenberg)

Potential juror issues threatened nan Sean "Diddy" Combs proceedings aggregate times. (Jane Rosenberg)

Criminal defense lawyer Nicole Blank Becker, who represented R. Kelly, explained that nan predicate acts against Diddy were nan "building blocks" to found a RICO charge. Whether a assemblage tin work together connected a verdict aliases not remains to beryllium seen.

"So what happens is now they're forced to spell backmost successful there, and there's astir apt going to beryllium a batch of vexation backmost there, much fighting backmost and forth," Becker said. "My knowing is that nan jurors' verbiage was thing to nan effect of that they're astatine a constituent wherever there's unpersuadable opinions connected some sides. So intelligibly immoderate of nan jurors thinking, 'Well, evidently he's guilty.'"

The judge instructed nan assemblage to proceed deliberating for now. A 2nd action would beryllium to springiness supplemental assemblage instructions. Lastly, nan assemblage could return a partial verdict. However, Judge Subramanian said he is not considering nan 3rd action astatine this point, and chose to person a information of nan assemblage complaint re-read. 

Criminal defense attorney Eric Faddis, founding partner of Colorado-based Varner Faddis, agreed that nan RICO complaint was nan astir analyzable of each nan charges.

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"The assemblage could beryllium hung up connected nan different requirements of nan charge, including nan criminal endeavor element," Faddis said. "I fishy that whitethorn beryllium a sticking constituent because nan authorities didn’t complaint immoderate co-conspirators and ne'er called immoderate different alleged members of this criminal enterprise."

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He added, "At this point, it’s unclear whether nan partial verdict could springiness emergence to immoderate grounds for appeal."

The authorities emphasized successful their statement that Diddy ran an alleged criminal enterprise pinch afloat control. The prosecution pointed retired that nan assemblage heard testimony, saw texts, viewed slope records and heard audio allegedly showing nan "Last Night" rapper committing crime aft crime for decades. 

According to nan prosecution, nan authorities showed Diddy didn’t return nary for an answer. "Up until today, Diddy was capable to get distant pinch crime because of money and power," Assistant U.S. Attorney Christine Slavik said. "That stops now."

The verdict for nan 4 counts reached came "fairly quickly," according to Austin-based criminal defense lawyer Sam Bassett.

Diddy was arrested and charged pinch aggregate counts successful September. (Stan Honda/Getty Images)

"It seems nan assemblage has struggled and spent astir of their clip debating nan much superior and analyzable racketeering count," Bassett noted. "If I was nan defense, I’d beryllium concerned, but you ne'er cognize what a assemblage will do. For this lengthy of a trial, a 13-hour deliberation is connected nan short broadside of expectations."

When nan assemblage was brought backmost into nan courtroom, nan judge asked them to support deliberating, saying it is their work to talk among themselves and shape opinions.

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Judge Subramanian said nan jurors must scope a unanimous verdict, but must not springiness up their convictions simply to return a verdict aliases fulfill nan remainder of nan jurors. The assemblage was past dismissed backmost to nan assemblage room. Court concluded aft 5 p.m., and nan assemblage was asked to return connected Wednesday earlier 9 a.m.

"Both sides stated that they do not want to judge a partial verdict," lawyer David S. Seltzer told Fox News Digital. "This forces nan assemblage to render a complete verdict, which yet could lead to a hung assemblage connected nan count astatine rumor if they cannot render a verdict connected each counts, and frankincense lead to a imaginable retrial connected nan hung count. 

"As for appellate issues, location will beryllium many, and depending connected really nan lawsuit resolves, this whitethorn beryllium different rumor for appeal."