Legal Question in Criminal Law in Florida

jury

can a jury verdict be over turned by a trail judge


Asked on 4/22/08, 10:28 am

2 Answers from Attorneys

Valerie Masters Valerie Masters, P.A.

Re: jury

Yes it can. It rarely happens. Maybe once ina judges career. The judge must find no reasonable man could find as the jury did.

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Answered on 4/22/08, 10:44 am
Brent Rose The Orsini & Rose Law Firm

Re: jury

In a criminal case, a judge can reverse a verdict of guilty and change it to not guilty, but not the opposite. In all my 20 years of practice, though, I've only seen it happen once.

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Answered on 4/22/08, 2:15 pm


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