victim already. so that civil case is already done with. but now the juror, dennis demartin, the one who has written this 36-page book called, believing in the truth, is about to walk into this courtroom and be peppered by the judge and roy black has offered several questions for the judge to ask this juror, dennis demartin, basically, demartin is accused of violating blatantly the judge s directive to all of the jurors that they don t conduct any experiments outside of the courtroom, or outside of the deliberations room. that they can only take into that deliberations room witnesses, testimony, and evidence that was gathered during the courtroom. what demartin describes in his book, we have a full screen quote to show you here one of the passages what he did one night at home prior to deliberations. quote, at 9:00 p.m. i had a vodka and tonic. followed by another at 9:30 and a third at 10:00. i went out and started to walk around the clubhouse which was two streets over
will be an obstacle to some people. reporter: now since romney has become the presumptive nominee would appear he has majority of support among people who describe themselves as very religious. 54% to 37% for president obama. that is recent gallup poll. when it comes to moderately religious or nonreligious president obama certainly has the majority over mitt romney. the big key here, megyn, even though evangelicals support mitt romney can he energize them to come out to the polls in november? according to the evangelical leaders i spoke with he has a lot of work to do in the next five months. megyn: so that begins. john goodman , john roberts, thank you. i mentioned john goodman because that is the polo tycoon about to be sentenced for dui manslaughter and conviction thereof. but a twist in this case as the judge who you see here is said to be getting ready to cross-examine a juror about the juror s alleged misconduct. in three minutes we re live at the courthouse.
protect at least part of his wealth after the accident. but before goodman learns his fate today the judge wants to talk to juror dennis demartin about something he wrote in his self-published book. phil keating is live in west palm beach, florida. what is this juror accused of doing, phil? reporter: jon, he is accused of blatantly disregarding and ignoring the judge s directive to all of the jurors, that no personal experiments could be conducted outside of that courtroom or the deliberations room. the juror, dennis demartin, released a book last week, 36 pages long, called, believing in the truth. in it he writes these excerpts. quote at 9 p.m. i had vodka and ton nick another at 9:30 and 10:00 p.m.. i started to walk to the clubhouse two streets over in our complex. i walked around for a short time and decided to go back home. i was confused. when the alarm went off the next morning i got up and felt relieved. the question in my mind the
in our complex. i walked around for a short time and then decided to go back home. i was confused. when the alarm went off the next morning i got up and felt relieved. the question in my mind the night before was answered to me. what he is implying that john good man was too impaired, via alcohol, to be driving at the time. so he was d.u.i. and remember he, his blood-alcohol content was .237, more than twice the legal limit in the state of florida when he crashed into that car of scott wilson, t-boning him, pushing his car into a canal and of course he then drowned in there. on the 9-1-1 tapes it was revealed that goodman first called his girlfriend in atlanta and then, then finally got around to calling 911. so demartin will come in here. the judge has to decide whether he is embellishing in the book or whether he was telling the truth last week when he testified to the judge that he went in
night before was answered to me. that being, that john goodman was too drunk to drive the night of the fatal accident. goodman of course, bac, blood-alcohol content was .237 taken by police several hours after the accident. and last monday the judge specifically asked this juror if there was any presumption of guilt by any of them going into the deliberations room and this juror, demartin said he had open mind going into the room and voted for not guilty the first time around. so the judge this afternoon this afternoon must decide which version is more true. what he said last week in court or what he wrote in the book. jon? jon: so there is the possibility of a mistrial here i guess if the judge does not declare a mistrial, goodman gets sentenced today? reporter: right if the judge disregards whatever his questions and answers are in the courtroom today with this juror, then we move right immediately to the sentencing phase. the sentencing guidelines have goodman being sentenced