UPDATE: Lawyers meet with judge after mistrial

Demonstrators protest outside of the courthouse after a mistrial was declared in the manslaughter trial of Officer William Porter, one of six Baltimore city police officers charged in connection to the death of Freddie Gray, on Wednesday, Dec. 16,... (Copyright by WSLS - All rights reserved)

BALTIMORE (AP) - After a mistrial was declared in the first trial over Freddie Gray's death, lawyers on both sides gathered in the judge chambers, where they had been scheduled to discuss dates for a possible retrial.

The lawyers were seen Thursday morning at Circuit Judge Barry Williams' chambers.

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A uniformed deputy was stationed outside. About half an hour after the lawyers started arriving, they were seen leaving the chambers. They declined to comment, citing the judge's gag order in the case.

Williams on Wednesday declared a mistrial in police Officer William Porter's case. Jurors had reported a dead.

Porter is one of six officers charged in Gray's death. Gray's neck was broken in the back of a police van in April. Porter's trial lasted a little more than two weeks.

Jurors took three days to deliberate on charges of manslaughter, assault, reckless endangerment and misconduct in office.


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