The directed verdict from Young brings a feeling of total relief, Geel said. "This has been a long road for our clients. They are absolutely not guilty," he told reporters.

C HARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Two people charged in a 2019 murder walked out of the courtroom free men after a judge handed down a not guilty directed verdict from the bench.

Even rarer is when a directed verdict ends a trial. In 2021, New Mexico judges directed 177 verdicts across 106 cases statewide, according to data provided by the Administrative Office of the Courts.

A 65-year-old man has pleaded guilty to indecently assaulting his then 13-year-old granddaughter in 2018. A jury had been ...

After nine days of trial, Cobb County Superior Court Judge Robert Flournoy III granted a directed verdict of not guilty by reason of insanity for a man accused of shooting his mother 15 times.

Maxwell Anderson, 34, was charged with first-degree intentional homicide, mutilation of a corpse, hiding a corpse and arson ...

Combs’ attorney, Marc Agnifilo, immediately asked the court to let his client walk out of the courthouse on a $1 million bond ...

A Georgia jury last week found Leilani Simon guilty of murdering her 20-month-old son, ... asking for a directed verdict of an acquittal on those charges, WTOC reported.

However three of those (59, 60, 62) were granted a directed verdict of acquittal by Judge Paige Whitaker -- violation of two counts of violating the Georgia Controlled Substances Act, and the ...

Judge set Diddy's sentencing hearing for Oct. 3 during a hearing Tuesday. The rapper now faces up to 20 years in prison after ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) - Two people charged in a 2019 murder walked out of the courtroom free men after a judge handed down a not guilty directed verdict from the bench. The state took Zarmell Polite ...