To: Zman
I think a directed verdict would be issued by the judge before the case went to the jury. In an extreme case, a judge might overrule a guilty verdict in favor of the defense.
I have never heard of a case where a jury returned a “Not Guilty” verdict and was overruled by the judge. That sounds about as unconstitutional as anything King George III could have dreamed up.
45 posted on
05/21/2024 9:52:47 AM PDT by
Alberta's Child
(“Ain't it funny how the night moves … when you just don't seem to have as much to lose.”)
To: Alberta's Child
I think the judge can do that in a civil, but not criminal case.
But we are in a new era, one of evolving law, and Merchan is the legal Darwin.
49 posted on
05/21/2024 10:00:53 AM PDT by
Scrambler Bob
(Running Rampant, and not endorsing nonsense; My pronoun is EXIT.)
To: Alberta's Child
Thanks; based on all the garbage which has taken place thus far, nothing is out of the realm of possibility, in my view.
60 posted on
05/21/2024 10:35:47 AM PDT by
Zman
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