Jury in Ryder case retires without verdict

? The jury in Winona Ryder’s shoplifting trial deliberated for five hours Tuesday and retired without reaching a verdict.

The jury was scheduled to return this morning for its second day of talks. The panel sent no messages to the court during the day and asked no questions.

In closing arguments Monday, the prosecution suggested the actress shoplifted for the thrill of it, and the defense portrayed her as the victim of overzealous security guards.

Ryder, 31, made a brief appearance at the courthouse at the start of the day but left after about an hour.

The actress is charged with grand theft, burglary and vandalism for allegedly stealing more than $5,500 worth of merchandise from the Beverly Hills Saks Fifth Avenue store on Dec. 12, 2001.

In another development, a federal appeals court chastised Superior Court Judge Elden Fox for refusing to release written questionnaires jurors filled out at the start of the trial.

The court said that, by law, he should have released “redacted” questionnaires, excluding only private information jurors gave as well as names and other identifying information.

The questionnaires focused on how much the jurors knew about the Ryder case and what opinions they had formed about the actress before they were called for jury duty.

The judge was ordered to release the information by Thursday or outline his objections to releasing the questionnaires by Monday.

The ruling came in response to an appeal filed by The Associated Press, the Los Angeles Times and the Los Angeles Daily Journal.

The appeals court had already ruled in favor of the media on a petition to release transcripts of pretrial hearings held in secret.