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the Sheriff's Office from the beginning. Payne was tried and sentenced in J&D court earlier this year but due to her cooperation her charge and sentence were significantly reduced.
Best has maintained her innocence in the incident and it was her decision not to accept the ruling of the J&D court said her lawyer John O'Neill Castro.
Commonwealth’s Attorney Peter Luke told the jury that for Best’s story to be true all four juveniles who testified against her would have to be lying and that they had no reason to do so.
According to their testimony Best brought 10 marijuana cigarettes to school on Feb. 21 with the intention of selling them to Payne, who had allegedly spoken to Best about the marijuana on the phone the night before, Feb. 20. Best then allegedly gave the marijuana to Payne who showed it to at least one person that day.
That afternoon, Payne was called out of class by Tupper and taken to his office where she was questioned about it. She admitted having it and turned it over to Brown, who was notified by Settle at TUpper's request. Payne implicated Best and Best was brought to the office also.
Best said it wasn’t true, she never had any marijuana and that it belonged to Payne. She said she never met with Payne on Feb. 21. On the stand, Best tearfully told the jury that she didn’t understand why the other juveniles were lying about her and that she never took any drugs to school.
The jury deliberated for two and a half hours before declaring they were deadlocked. Judge Shore Robertson advised them to try again to reach a verdict but they remained deadlocked after another 45 minutes. A mistrial was declared. The case continues Jan. 16.
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