Judge Tells Jurors to Keep Trying at NY Percoco Trial

Tuesday, March 6, 2018 1:06 pm | < 1 Minute Read

Joseph Percoco, a former aide to New York Governor Andrew Cuomo, arrives at federal court as the jury continues to deliberate in his corruption trial, Monday, in New York. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)

The jury foreman at the bribery trial of a former top aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo says the jurors can only agree that they disagree.

The message was delivered Tuesday in a series of notes at the trial of Joseph Percoco and three businessmen. The judge instructed the jurors to try again.

Several panelists also were trying to be relieved from jury duty. That issue was not immediately addressed.

The trial is in its sixth week.

Prosecutors say Percoco accepted over $300,000 in bribes from the businessmen who needed help from the state. Percoco and the businessmen have maintained their innocence.

Cuomo, a Democrat, has not been accused of wrongdoing.

The jurors had seemed relatively quiet before their fourth day of deliberations began Tuesday.

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