If the jury found that to be the case, under Florida law, Zimmerman would be acquitted.
He was all smiles when he entered and his lawyers said he believed he would be acquitted.
Hyde says it is possible for a defendant to be acquitted, and yet be bankrupted by legal costs.
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Most commentators had expected him to be acquitted in three false-accounting cases after his government introduced new legislation this year.
Less than a week later, Anthony would be acquitted of all charges save for misdemeanors for providing false information to the police.
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At the hearing before a panel of judges in Izmir, Recep Cetin, 22, said his father Eyup was innocent and should be acquitted.
In ordinary circumstances, most prosecutors would not bring such a case, because it would be a waste of resources to indict someone who will probably be acquitted.
The change meant police could keep DNA samples from suspects even if they went on to be acquitted at court - a move criticised by civil liberty groups.
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When the case came before an appeals court in February, the judges' harsh questioning of the government's lawyers appeared to support the view that the entire case might even be dropped and Microsoft acquitted of any wrongdoing.
Ms Mai had appealed to the government after the High Court's ruling that those acquitted should not be released.
According to the Home Office's National Crime Faculty, there are 35 murder cases in which acquitted defendants could be re-investigated.
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The National Crime Faculty believes there are 35 murder cases in which acquitted defendants could be re-investigated and new charges brought.
However, it will only be possible to retry an acquitted person once.
The samples may not be processed without suspects' consent until they are arraigned, must be destroyed if charges are dismissed or the suspect is acquitted, pardoned or has a conviction reversed on appeal, and can only be used for "identification" purposes.
However, even if the investigation is considered a success, with many people convicted and jailed, and three acquitted, there may still be wide-ranging ramifications for the French authorities.
If a suspect was not tried, or was acquitted, the sample had to be destroyed and the profile removed from the database.
The new charges could mean that Gamal and Alaa would be kept in custody even if they are acquitted on the existing charges.
The 33-year-old was originally charged with raping the woman, who cannot be named for legal reasons, but a jury acquitted him of the allegation.
Mr Mubarak's sons, Gamal and Alaa, will be retried on corruption charges for which they were acquitted in June, because of the expiry of a statute of limitations.
He was acquitted by an Egyptian military court and will be released Tuesday, said attorney Nizar Ghorab.
If Nelson is acquitted in a new trial, her record would be cleared.
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Even if the pair were acquitted at a military tribunal, they could still be held indefinitely in Cuba, Mr Stafford-Smith told Today.
It may or may not be a coincidence that none was a professional actor like Snipes, who was acquitted of the more severe counts.
Mr. ABBAS: (Through translator) As to how much hope we have, if the basis of the ruling will be the law and justice, then we have nothing to worry about, we will get acquitted.
But they were acquitted after the defence successfully argued that DNA evidence on a kitchen knife, thought to be the murder weapon, could be flawed.
If this means that n acquitted person can ever feel secure from a copper feeling his collar once again, then so be it.
Not to treat Mr George's acquittal as a miscarriage of justice "went behind the decision of the jury that acquitted him" and failed to take account of the fact that no safe conviction could ever be based on the evidence against him, the QC said.
And in that same year, Judge Hastings was convicted of lying under oath and removed by the Senate even though he had already been acquitted in a criminal trial. (It is generally recognized that an act need not be criminal in order to be impeachable.) As these examples illustrate, perjury is and historically has been a sufficient cause for conviction and removal.
The man was acquitted, released by a judge earlier this year, after FBI evidence against him was shown to be inaccurate and based on misunderstandings.
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