Jury deliberations in the murder trial of Auburn police officer Jeffrey Nelson were paused for hours on Wednesday while the court parsed through several issues that came to light that morning. Nelson faces charges of second-degree murder and first-degree assault resulting from the death of Jesse Sarey, whom he shot twice while attempting to make an arrest in May of 2019. There is no question as to whether it was Nelson who killed Sarey. The question is whether or not it was justified. Jury deliberations have been proceeding in fits and starts so far. Earlier this week the jury returned a verdict that they could not come to a conclusion. Judge Nicole Gaines Phelps sent the jury back to deliberations, citing that they had incorrectly filled out one of the verdict forms and had only been in deliberations for a day and a half while having more than 110 evidentiary exhibits and weeks of testimony to consider. READ MORE: https://www.king5.com/article/news/local/jury-deliberations-paused-murder-trial-officer-jeffrey-nelson/281-0d3639a5-add5-437e-a001-b3febc63b419