Michael Jackson Trial Juror Notebooks

Michael Jackson Trial Juror Notebooks | Research Material

In April 2006, I decided to purchase the Michael Jackson Trial Juror Notebooks from Alternate Juror #2, Jeffrey Welbaum.
Main trial Jurors were unable to remove their notebooks and had to turn them over to the court. However, alternate Jurors were able to keep their notebooks. There were five alternate Jurors and the Notebooks purchased are from one of the five, Jeffrey Welbaum. The Juror Notebooks provides a vehicle for observers to determine the impact testimony and evidence play into the ultimate verdict a juror will make. The Notebooks demonstrate what a juror writes down to assist them in making their ultimate decision, a verdict. From reading the Notebooks, it can be determined that only critical information was taken down despite hours
of testimony from key witnesses and a presentation of physical evidence by prosecutors and defense attorneys.

The purchase decision was made so that one day it would be revealed for educational purposes to bridge the gap between testimony and juror retention. This can benefit prosecutors, attorneys, judges and future potential jurors at a trial.

Juror NY Post Article Link

Alternate Juror Number 2 | Michael Jackson Trial Juror Notebooks

Jeffrey Welbaum's Juror Certificate

Juror Notebooks | 6 Notebooks Total

The Juror's Handwritten Notes

Trial Jurors

Juror No. 1
Name: Raymond Hultman
Age: 62
Civil engineer
Married, two grown sons and a daughter
Master’s degree, some law classes
Claimed no knowledge of the ’93 case against Jackson; never served on a jury before

Juror No. 2
Name: Paul Rodriguez
Age: 63
Retired
Married, two grown sons
Trim and dashing, wears Western-cut sports coats

Juror No. 3
Name: Susan Durr Drake
Age: 50
Child advocate, part-time horse trainer, riding instructor, child advocate
Married 28 years to a mechanical engineer with a Master’s degree; no children
Bachelor’s degree

Juror No. 4
Name: Susan Rentschler
Age: 51
Retired former highschool math teacher
Married to civil-service engineer for 21 years; 16-year-old son and 14-year-old daughter
Master’s degree; trained in science and statistics

Juror No. 5
Name: Elanor A. Cook
Age: 79
Retired widow; son and daughter in their 50s
Some college
Grandson a registered sexual deviant
Once bought perfume from a JCPenney clerk who once worked at Neverland Ranch

Juror No. 6

Name: Tiffany Smith
Age: 22
Physical-therapy aide in nursing home
Single, 4-year-old and 1-year-old daughters
Some college
Knows someone who met Jackson and said Jackson is “a little before my time”

Juror No. 7
Name: Michael Stevens
Age: 21
College student
Single, no children
High-school diploma
In a wheelchair due to cerebral palsy
Visited Neverland at age 6

Juror No. 8
Name: Melissa Kathleen Herard
Age: 42
Air Force veteran; special-education aide
Married for 22 years to computer instructor; three sons and a daughter
Associate’s degree

Juror No. 9
Name: Katharina Carls

Juror No. 10
Name: Pauline Coccoz

Juror No. 11
Name: Joseph Gomez

Juror No. 12
Name: Eloise Aguillon
Age: 44
Supervisor at Department of Social Services
Divorced, one son
Some college, including law courses
Ex-husband was a police officer
She or someone close to her has been accused of a crime

Alt. Juror No. 1
Name: Mary Kennedy

Alt. Juror No. 2
Name: Jeffrey Welbaum

Alt. Juror No. 4
Name: Charles Pollack

Alt. Juror No. 7
Name: Joseph Gastello