So yesterday we learned from former attorney and judge Harry Bulkeley that the times have changed and now you can wear hats in court and tshirts emblazoned with lettering. (See blog post from yesterday)

Seems to be inappropriate to me and grounds for a mistrial because some jurors on some days wore camo hats and tshirt obviously to show support for the Galesburg Gun Club and some jurors on some days wore tshirts with OSF or Order of St Francis which is a division of the Catholic Church/Diocese of Peoria emblazoned on it.

Even in the Circuit Court of Cook County none of that would ever happen.

However, since the jurors did it and no one said anything in court, today Penny and Tonny Williamson went to appear on zoom, one in camo tshirt and a hat with a large cross on it and the other with clothing with crosses on it.

They got on zoom, no one said anything, but as soon as court started, the zoom video cut out! Interesting. the audio was fine, but not the video.

No one said anything or objected, so we’ll see what happens out of this.

Apparently Knox County does not have a published dress code in its rules and I wonder if what the jurors wore was grounds for a mistrial. Appeals have been filed in 22 PR 12 and 21 MR 21, so let’s wait and see what the 4th District Court of Appeals says.