So the verdict was `` death at the hands of a person or persons unknown '', and the elite of the city, accepting Delphine's testimony, welcomed her and the doctor back into the fold.

The verdict brought vindication to the dead woman's stepson, Vincent Hengesbach, 54, who was tried for the same crime in December, 1958, and released when the jury failed to reach a verdict.

Walker said he was considering filing a motion for a new trial which would contend that the verdict was against the weight of the evidence and that there were several errors in trial procedure.

The jury, which was locked up in a motel overnight, was canvassed at the request of Walker after the verdict was announced.

One of the eight defendants was freed on a directed verdict of acquittal.

A mistrial was declared in the case against the other seven when the jury was unable to agree on a verdict.

After this, he was especially known for acting as a mediator between conflicting parties ( In Cologne he is not only known for being the founder of Germany's oldest university there, but also for " the big verdict " ( der Große Schied ) of 1258, which brought an end to the conflict between the citizens of Cologne and the archbishop.

There was however a mechanism for prosecuting the witnesses of a successful prosecutor, which it appears could lead to the undoing of the earlier verdict.

Infamia and the censorial verdict was not a judicium or res judicata, for its effects were not lasting, but might be removed by the following censors, or by a lex ( roughly " law ").

For an appeal from an acquittal to be successful, the Supreme Court of Canada requires that the Crown show that an error in law was made during the trial and that the error contributed to the verdict.

Although the verdict was automatically trebled pursuant to antitrust law in the United States, the resulting $ 3 judgment was regarded as a victory for the NFL.

This was the largest civil verdict ever against a Hollywood studio.

However the jury was unable to reach a verdict.

A jury was unable to reach a verdict.

Michigan ( 1975 ) was the first state to create a GBMI verdict, after two prisoners released after being found NGRI committed violent crimes within a year of release, one raping two women and the other killing his wife.

As for Wolfenstein 3D, due to its use of Nazi symbols such as the Swastika and the anthem of the Nazi Party, Horst-Wessel-Lied, as theme music, the PC version of the game was withdrawn from circulation in Germany in 1994, following a verdict by the Amtsgericht München on January 25, 1994.

Similarly, the Atari Jaguar version was confiscated following a verdict by the Amtsgericht Berlin Tiergarten on December 7, 1994.

Hornblower was soon brought to trial and the verdict of the four judges ( in 1799 ) was decisively in favour of Watt.

Denials were of motions of dismissal, continuance, mistrial, separate trial, acquittal, striking of testimony and directed verdict.

The government is not permitted to appeal or try again after the entry of an acquittal, whether a directed verdict before the case is submitted to the jury, a directed verdict after a deadlocked jury, an appellate reversal for sufficiency ( except by direct appeal to a higher appellate court ), or an " implied acquittal " via conviction of a lesser included offence.

This principle does not prevent the government from appealing a pre-trial motion to dismiss or other non-merits dismissal, or a directed verdict after a jury conviction, nor does it prevent the trial judge from entertaining a motion for reconsideration of a directed verdict, if the jurisdiction has so provided by rule or statute.

If found, res ipsa loquitur creates an inference of negligence, although in most cases it does not necessarily result in a directed verdict.

Each of Parisi's murder trials ended with an acquittal, as the judges directed a verdict of not-guilty due to the lack of corroborating evidence, since the chief witnesses for the prosecution were accomplices.

In a jury trial, a directed verdict is an order from the presiding judge to the jury to return a particular verdict.

Typically, the judge orders a directed verdict after finding that no reasonable jury could reach a decision to the contrary.

After a directed verdict, there is no longer any need for the jury to decide the case.

A judge may order a directed verdict as to an entire case or only to certain issues.

While a motion from a party to impose a directed verdict is not often granted, it is routinely made as a means of preserving appeal rights later.

In a criminal case in the United States, a judge may order a directed verdict only for acquittal, for the ability to convict is reserved to the jury.

In a civil action, a related concept to the directed verdict is that of a non-suit.

This procedure is similar to a situation in which a judge orders a jury to arrive at a particular verdict, called a directed verdict.

In the trial of William Hone for blasphemy in 1817, Ellenborough directed the jury to find a verdict of guilty, and their acquittal of the prisoner is generally said to have hastened his death.

A " motion for a directed verdict " asks the court to rule that the plaintiff or prosecutor has not proven the case, and there is no need for the defense to attempt to present evidence.

He had the power to overturn any verdict by any other courts, and served as judge in cases involving criminal charges against provincial governors.

Theodosius, by now old enough to hold power by himself, annulled the verdict of the Council and arrested Cyril, but Cyril eventually escaped.

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Perhaps the most famous nominal damages award in modern times has been the $ 1 verdict against the National Football League ( NFL ) in the 1986 antitrust suit prosecuted by the United States Football League.

Few would dispute the verdict of James D. Forbes, an editor of the eighth edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica: " His scientific glory is different in kind from that of Young and Fresnel ; but the discoverer of the law of polarization of biaxial crystals, of optical mineralogy, and of double refraction by compression, will always occupy a foremost rank in the intellectual history of the age.

The options are: obtain a provisional verdict of innocence from the lower court, which can be overturned at any time by higher levels of the court leading to re-initiation of the process ; or curry favor with the lower judges to keep the process moving albeit at a glacial pace.

For the time being, he averted a verdict by arriving at the hearing set for him with ten thousand followers and bondsmen ; yet before the large force mustered by the authorities could apprehend him, he died under unexplained circumstances, the Helvetii believed by his own hand.

The protection offered by a liability insurance policy is twofold: a legal defense in the event of a lawsuit commenced against the policyholder and indemnification ( payment on behalf of the insured ) with respect to a settlement or court verdict.

At the end of the hearing the lords vote on the verdict, which is decided by a simple majority, one charge at a time.

The GBMI verdict is available as an alternative to, rather than in lieu of, a " not guilty by reason of insanity " verdict.

Typically, the jury only judges guilt or a verdict of not guilty, but the actual penalty is set by the judge.

In civil cases, a verdict may be reached by a majority of nine of the twelve members.

This has been changed so that, if the jury fails to agree after a given period, at the discretion of the judge they may reach a verdict by a 10-2 majority.