The jury in the Simoes trial got the case at 10:37, a little more than 20 minutes ago. The jury is scheduled to deliberate until at least 2 p.m. — unless, obviously, the 12-member panel reaches a verdict before then. The jury will let Judge Kenneth Karas know if it wants to go past 2 p.m. That’s been the cut off for testimony throughout the trial, a pattern that appears to be becoming the norm for trials at the Brieant courthouse: Start early, take fewer breaks, finish early.

There’s only one charge in he indictment. Yonkers police officer Wayne Simoes is accused of violating Irma Marquez’s civil rights. That combined with a short trial, just six days, leads some courthouse observers to speculate that a verdict is likely today. But you just can’t predict juries. Everyone dug in for a long haul during the recent Mount Vernon corruption trial. The jury got the case after a month of testimony, more than 20 witnesses and thousands of documents. The jury was out for only three hours before finding former city Planning Commissioner Constance “Gerri” Post and her businessman boyfriend, Wayne Charles, guilty of fraud and public corruption charges.