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Lindsay Clancy’s defense laywer asks judge to investigate lone juror

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Lindsay Clancy’s defense lawyers have requested that the judge investigate juror Michael Desronvil for allegedly using a cellphone during jury deliberations and for discrepancies in his pre-trial questionnaire responses. This request comes after a mistrial was declared on September 4 due to the inability of jurors to reach a unanimous verdict, with eleven out of twelve jurors leaning towards acquittal based on Clancy’s alleged postpartum psychosis. The lawyers want the court to obtain Desronvil's phone records and question him about his conduct and truthfulness throughout the trial process.
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As of September 2026, Lindsay Clancy's murder trial in Duxbury, Massachusetts ended in a mistrial after five weeks due to a hung jury. The case involves the deaths of Clancy’s three young children—5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson, and 8-month-old Callan—in January 2023. Clancy did not testify but admitted to killing her children while arguing she was suffering from postpartum psychosis at the time. The prosecution presented over 70 witnesses, including an FBI psychiatrist who testified that he does not believe Clancy heard a voice ordering her actions, suggesting she had control over her decisions.

The defense highlighted systemic failures in mental health support and rallied public sympathy by highlighting the challenges new mothers face when seeking help. However, one juror’s alleged misconduct prompted Clancy's attorney to ask Judge William Sullivan to investigate his phone use during deliberations and review a questionnaire he filled out prior to the trial. The judge is now considering whether Desronvil shared information or used his phone improperly during jury deliberation hours, which lasted seven days without reaching a verdict.

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Desronvil Massachusetts Plymouth

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Clancy PERSON · 8× Desronvil PERSON · 3× Edward Paltzik PERSON · 1× Kevin Reddington PERSON · 1× Lindsay Clancy PERSON · 1× Massachusetts GPE · 1× Michael Desronvil PERSON · 1× Plymouth GPE · 1× Timothy Cruz PERSON · 1×

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In a motion filed Friday but made public Monday, Clancy’s lawyers asked the court to question the juror about his alleged use of a cellphone during deliberations, his truthfulness on a questionnaire that prospective jurors filled out before the trial began and his truthfulness when jurors were questioned by the judge a day before the trial ended.
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🔮 The judge declared a mistrial on 4 September after the jury insisted it couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict, despite days of trying.
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Lindsay Clancy's attorney asks judge to investigate the lone juror who wanted to convict her · assertive framing
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Lawyers for Lindsay Clancy have asked a judge to investigate the conduct of the lone juror who wanted to convict the mother from Massachusetts of murder in the deaths of her three children. asserted
who → ask → children
In a motion filed Friday but made public Monday, Clancy’s lawyers asked the court to question the juror about his alleged use of a cellphone during deliberations, his truthfulness on a questionnaire that prospective jurors filled out before the trial began and his truthfulness when jurors were questioned by the judge a day before the trial ended. asserted
trial → file → judge
The judge declared a mistrial on 4 September after the jury insisted it couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict, despite days of trying. asserted
it → declare → trying
Eleven of 12 jurors were ready to clear Clancy of criminal responsibility, with the majority feeling that she was in the grip of a rare condition called postpartum psychosis when she strangled her kids. asserted
she → clear → kids
But one juror, Michael Desronvil, sided with the prosecutors, who had argued that Clancy knew what she was doing. asserted
she → side → what
Among other things, Clancy’s lawyer, Kevin Reddington, asked the court to obtain a record of any calls or texts Desronvil made between 8am and 4.30pm on each day the jury deliberated. asserted
jury → ask → day
Phone use during deliberations is prohibited in the state. asserted
use → prohibit → state
Prosecutors have yet to say whether they plan on putting Clancy on trial again. asserted
they → have → trial
She remains charged with murder and is in a psychiatric hospital until her case is resolved. asserted
case → charge → hospital
In another motion on Monday, Clancy’s lawyers asked the judge to take the unusual step of dismissing the criminal case, rather than putting on a new trial, on the grounds that a mistrial shouldn’t have been declared in the first place. asserted
mistrial → ask → place
They argued that the judge should have replaced the holdout juror with an alternate during the deliberations after a jury foreperson complained to the judge that one juror was refusing to listen to the law on reasonable doubt. asserted
juror → argue → doubt
A spokesperson for Plymouth county district attorney Timothy Cruz would not comment on the motions. asserted
spokesperson → comment → motions
Desronvil hasn’t been accused of any wrongdoing in connection with his service on the jury, though other jurors complained that he was inflexible in his opinion that Clancy was guilty. asserted
Clancy → accuse → opinion
In a statement released by his lawyer last week, Edward Paltzik, Desronvil said he “didn’t have any doubts” that Clancy knew what she was doing when she killed her three children. asserted
she → release → children
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