It would be dismissal with prejudice, wouldn't it be? I'm not sure myself but I think a dismissal is the correct term for when the prosecution brings a case that has no merit.
Some have speculated that the prosecution has blown it so badly that they are trying for a mistrial so they would get another chance. A barrister can weigh in and tell us if dismissal would be the proper thing.
“It would be dismissal with prejudice, wouldn’t it be? I’m not sure myself but I think a dismissal is the correct term for when the prosecution brings a case that has no merit.”
In civil trials they have a procedure called “Judgment Notwithstanding the Verdict,” which a judge can order to overrule a verdict.
I am pretty sure a judge cannot do that to a “not guilty” verdict in a criminal trial. But I think they can to a guilty verdict. It would be pretty unusual, though.