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Will the DOJ retry Michael Lacey on 84 counts? Former AZ State Bar Prez Michael Piccarreta weighs in on what's to come in the Backpage case.| Front Page Confidential
(a) Before Submission to the Jury. After the government closes its evidence or after the close of all the evidence, the court on the defendant's motion must enter a judgment of acquittal of any offense for which the evidence is insufficient to sustain a conviction. The court may on its own consider whether the evidence is insufficient to sustain a conviction. If the court denies a motion for a judgment of acquittal at the close of the government's evidence, the defendant may offer evidence wi...| LII / Legal Information Institute
After the prosecution rested its case Oct. 20, defense attorneys in the Backpage trial moved for acquittal.| Front Page Confidential