I did it in every criminal case I ever tried. You have to argue that the state failed to put on evidence that would prove up any charge, beyond a reasonable doubt. Only got a directed verdict once.
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“Only got a directed verdict once.”
How does that case compare to the prosecution’s case in this one?
Agreed. SOP and it is hard to get.
I know of a civil case where at the close of plaintiff’s evidence, the defense attorney was preparing to move for nonsuit.
The jury was still in the box when he stood up and said “Your honor, defendant X would like to make a motion at this time.”
The lady judge, without hearing any law or argument, or even missing a beat, simply said, “That motion is denied.”
“Only got a directed verdict once.”
I was a juror on a case where the judge said the jury would get it the next day. When we came in the next day he found for the defendant, and it never came to the jury.
He had his own personal recorder and recorded everything. Obviously he went over those tapes, and we never got the case. Had we gotten the case, we would have found for the defendant...it would have been a quick decision on the part of that jury in that case.