MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) – A cold case involving a fatal shooting more than a decade ago will have to wait a little longer.
Mobile County Circuit Judge Michael Youngpeter on Wednesday cut short the murder trial of Jervoris Scarbrough. He cited illness in determining that a mistrial is a “manifest necessity,” despite the fact that the defendant did not consent to a delay.
The judge wrote in a one-page order that he and the lead defense lawyer had been stricken with the flu.
“The Court also notes that at least one member of the jury is over 75 years of age and the Court will not unduly endanger the health of any member of the jury,” Youngpeter wrote…