[Responsibility2nd]

There are many reasons why this case should never have gone to jury deliberations.

But this ... https://freerepublic.com/tag/jumpkickman/index

This is outrageous. The DA’s office withheld information from the defense. It just came to light AFTER closing arguments by both sides.

So why is the jury deliberating?

The judge should have dismissed with prejudice two days ago.

[Sacajaweau]

I saw that, too. Unbelievable...and they never arrested this “career criminal”.

[taxcontrol]

Usually in this situation, jury deliberations continue and the list of charges are voted on by the jury and divided into acquittals and convictions. The charges that are aquitted can not be brought again due to double jepardy. So getting a jury's "take" is important. If they decide to aquit on all charges, the motion to dismiss is moot.

If there are any convictions, the judge will then consider the impact of the "missing" and potientially exculpatory evidence with regards to the convictions. If the evidence COULD have influenced the jury, the Judge will normally over turn the conviction. It is possible (rare) for the evidence to not impact a conviction.

For a hyperbolic example

Car hits a pedestrian. Lots of possible charges. One charge might be for an invalid registration. If convicted of the invalid registration, a video that shows the traffic light was green and was withheld (exculpatory) would not be germane to the charge in question.

[Jonny7797]

exactly.