If the members of the jury decide to “believe” the charges are true, then he can be convicted without any evidence. I only served on one jury and I and one other man prevented that verdict. He was an elderly black man who kept repeating, “But there was no evidence.” I stopped the others from bullying him. We ended with a mistrial, hopelessly deadlocked.
In this day and age, ‘feelings’ is all that counts. Facts and evidence be damned...................