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Jurors have food fights, play football while sequestered during murder trial

INDIANAPOLIS (AP) - Jurors in the trial of a man accused of killing an Indiana University student got "giggly" while sequestered at a hotel, records show - with men racing each other wearing high heels, food fights, football and Frisbee.

The defense is not amused, but may not be able to do much about it.

A judge denied a defense attorney's motion for a mistrial based on the behavior, and a legal expert said jurors' antics did not constitute misconduct.

"There's certainly nothing on the transcript that would amount to reversible error per se on juror misconduct," Craig Bradley, an Indiana University law professor, said Wednesday. "There would have to be some connection shown to the trial."

The Morgan County jury was sequestered for about two weeks and deliberated for about 50 minutes Oct. 30 before finding John Myers II guilty of murdering 19-year-old Jill Behrman. She disappeared in May 2000, and her remains were found three years later in a field. Myers is to be sentenced Friday.

Defense attorney Patrick Baker said he would have "plenty to say" during the sentencing hearing about the jury's behavior.