And given that doubt over the precise series of events, the judge said the only verdict could be one of not guilty.
While clearing Clegg of the murder charge, the judge upheld an earlier trial's guilty verdict of attempting to wound the driver of the car.
The part of the verdict dealing with sentencing was delivered to Judge Danilkin while he was still reading out the verdict, she added.
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"I don't have any faith in Mr Headley when he says he's a changed person and believes in the American way of life, " Judge Leinenweber said during the verdict.
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The questions included seeking a definition of reaching a verdict "beyond reasonable doubt" - something the judge had given them in writing.
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During the trial, Milken testified to his actions in the supposed fraud the same actions for which he had pled guilty and his testimony in part convinced the judge, Federal district judge Louis Stanton of New York, to direct a verdict of acquittal, and to not allow the count to go to Jury.
The three-judge panel delivered the verdict as most of the defendants watched from wooden benches in a glass-enclosed area of the courtroom.
Merck will ask the judge to reconsider the size of the verdict in the federal case, which was tried in New Orleans, and then will appeal it.
Kilpatrick wore a surprised, puzzled look at times as U.S. District Judge Nancy Edmunds read the jury's verdict: guilty of 24 charges, not guilty on three and no consensus on three more.
"The judge and jury believed Saldate, " said Kozinski of the verdict and sentence.
The judge will deliver his verdict on whether Mr Bennett is in contempt of court at a later date.
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"I don't have any faith in Mr Headley when he says he's a changed person and believes in the American way of life, " Judge Leinenweber said during Thursday's verdict.
That, to judge by the eruption of the tea-party movement, is the verdict of many non-aligned Americans too.
In addition to a lack of evidence, Mandell and Harrington once again sought to have Judge Crotty throw out the verdict based on the Supreme Court decision in 2010 on Morrison vs.
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