Judge Larry Schwartz stepped down from the bench to check on a juror who fainted. Later he recessed the trial for the day.
The first-degree murder trial of former foster mom Jules Lynn Cuneo has recessed for the day to give a juror who fainted time to recover.
The 29-year-old juror slumped out of her chair around 11:35 a.m. while jurors were listening to the testimony of El Paso County Sheriff’s Deputy Donnie Baca.
Baca described the scene he found when he responded to a 911 call from Cuneo’s house with a report of an unconscious child.
The child, Alize Vick, died the next day of a closed head injury.
Several people went to the juror’s aid, including Baca and a district attorney’s investigator.
Fourth Judicial District Judge Larry Schwartz stepped down from the bench to check on the juror. Defense attorney Dennis Hartley grabbed a plastic bag to hand to her.
After a few moments, the woman appeared to be OK. The judge declared the trial in recess. Deputies summoned paramedics and cleared the courtroom.
Testimony is scheduled to resume at 8:30 a.m Friday.
All of us should take a step back and ask ourselves if we really know what happened????? This little girl came from a family with numerous problems.How do any of us know what has happened in the past to little Alize? Trust me it’s hard to get into the foster care system…be it a child taken from you because you wer’e a bad parent at the time or to become a foster care parent! If you think the system failed Alize I encourage you to go and get licensed…..Only God knows what happened and what trauma it would have taken to cause her to die. I’m glad your not on the jury because you already have her convicted .Stop and ask yourself” what if it was me that this happened to.” Maybe then you will let the judicial system take its course.Innocent until proven guilty is how I seem to remember it! All I want is justice and hopefully you all do too.