can a judge direct a verdict in all cases?
I have heard of this only once- but I thought the judge in the OJ Simpson case should have directed a verdict of guilty and thrown the whole jury in jail for contempt of court.
Maybe they can only direct a verdict of not guilty. (I honestly don’t know)
There’s a sixth amendment problem that gets in the way of attempting to direct a verdict following a jury finding of not guilty, and praise be to that.