Ashleigh Merchant
speaker
547 appearances
5 recordings
1 series
first heard Dec 2024
last heard 28 Jul
Ashleigh Merchant’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.
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So it won't even be a trial.
We're not even going to have a trial because you can't find someone under these facts guilty of child neglect, child abuse.
As a prosecutor, I wish we could, but that seal has not been broken yet.
It is the most embarrassing thing for a prosecutor when they come back to my office and say, I just got J-O-A-D.
Because it almost never happens.
So JOA is judgment of acquittal.
And it is like the greatest thing for defense lawyer because it means... Oh, it is.
Right?
Jury, you go home.
We're not going to let you hear it.
But the standard, it's really hard and it's rare.
You got to show you that the state didn't even put it on what's called a prima facie case, which means it doesn't, you didn't, like what you presented, even if it's true, doesn't convict someone.
Like there's no crime here.
Right.
And so it's rare.
Judges don't like to take the decision making out of the jury's hands.
And when it happens, it's humiliating for prosecutors.
And I saw, Ashley, you laugh because you've been there before.
You've had that.
It's a great answer.
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