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SANTA MARIA, Calif. - Michael Jackson’s jurors sent the judge a question Monday as they returned to deliberations in the child molestation case after a weekend that saw the pop star make another trip to the hospital.
The jury sent out the question to at 9:50 a.m., and Judge Rodney S. Melville communicated with lawyers about it, said media pool coordinator Peter Shaplen.
Neither the question nor the response was released to reporters. Shaplen said it was the judge’s custom to handle such matters in chambers.
Jackson's defense team, which was told to be on 10-minute notice throughout deliberations, also showed up to join those waiting at the courthouse. The contingent of world news media continued to grow, outnumbering Jackson's fans.
Jackson, who did not need to be at court during deliberations, was treated Sunday at an emergency room in the town of Solvang for what his spokeswoman described as a continuing back problem.
The singer, who has complained of back trouble throughout his trial, left the Santa Ynez Valley Cottage Hospital late Sunday to the popping of flashbulbs and screams of fans. He had arrived nearly six hours earlier.
"Mr. Jackson's back has spurred up on him again," said the singer's spokeswoman, Raymone K. Bain said soon after the singer arrived. "It's pretty serious. It was serious enough for him to come over here."
Jackson returned to his Neverland ranch about five miles away to await the verdict with his family. Jurors received Jackson's case Friday afternoon and deliberated for about two hours before adjourning for the weekend.
The apparent medical problem was one of several the 46-year-old singer has faced at key points in his trial. Jury selection was halted in February when he complained of flu-like symptoms, and he said his back problem began on a day when his accuser was on the stand.
The singer said at the time that a fall had forced him to go to the emergency room, and he rushed back to court wearing pajama bottoms when the judge threatened to have him arrested.
source: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8119288/.
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