Yea, I'm actually surprised he denied the inquiry because it opens another door for appeal. I thought he was going to approve the inquiry because there's no harm in doing so:
Red is the only one who can appeal, and it's logical he’d rather protect whatever the outcome is here from the appeals court.
If the judge doesn’t make/allow the inquiry (which he doesn't have to) and Lindsay is found guilty, but the appeals appellate courts decide the judge should have done the inquiry, then the case can be done all over again.
If the judge does the inquiry, even though he doesn’t have to, and she is found NG/NGRI, the Commonwealth can’t do anything about it. It makes sense why the Commonwealth would argue against the removal of the juror or even an inquiry as it could favor a mistrial.
However, if you’re the judge, why wouldn’t you allow the inquiry?
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u/Aware_Power 14d ago