.YOU ARE CORRECT!!!..........AND, I said this a month or so ago on FR. This is the ONLY way the judge can avoid an OJ type verdict in reverse.
More specifically, the Judge can’t risk the jury doing something stupid when the evidence is so overwhelmingly for KR and against the state.
Once the Prosecution rests I expect the defense to ask for a directed verdict of Not Guilty on all charges.
I believe the Judge will grant it.
L