NORWICH – A Chenango County jury, having spent approximately six hours in deliberation Friday, came back with a guilty verdict for resisting arrest in the case of the People of the State of New York versus Mary Jane Brown, although a consensus could not be reached on a felony charge of driving while intoxicated, resulting in Judge Frank Revoir Jr. declaring a mistrial.

Brown, 47, of Plymouth, was indicted by a Chenango County grand jury in June, charged with driving while intoxicated, a class E felony, and resisting arrest, a class A misdemeanor. According to the Chenango County District Attorney’s Office, the Chenango County Sheriff’s Office – responding to an unrelated domestic dispute on Demming Road, Plymouth – encountered an intoxicated and belligerent Brown, who arrived on a four-wheel all-terrain vehicle during the course of the investigation. It was alleged that Brown, who is related to one of the individuals involved in the dispute and lives nearby, traveled along Demming Road on her way to the scene, hence the driving while intoxicated charge. According to the defense, Brown did no such thing, instead traveling along a path that connects the two properties, which would not be considered a violation of New York State penal law.

Brown, who took the stand in her own defense Thursday, admitted to being intoxicated the day of May 23, 2012, as well as resisting arrest, although she testified that she did not travel along Demming Road. Concerned for her niece, who was involved in the alleged domestic dispute, Brown said she traveled the quickest route to the scene, the path between the properties. According to the prosecution, a Chenango County Sheriff’s deputy first heard and then observed Brown entering the property from the roadway. According to the defense, there is no way the deputy could have seen Brown enter the driveway from his position near the residence.

Defense attorney Craig Humpleby called Brown’s injuries, which she allegedly suffered during the course of her arrest, inexcusable.