No case to answer
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no-case-to-answer-283-8796300
title:
No case to answer
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No case for the defendant to answer is a term in the criminal law of some Commonwealth states, whereby a defendant seeks acquittal without having to present a defence, because of the insufficiency of the prosecution's case. The motion is infrequently used in civil cases where the defendant asserts that the plaintiff's case is insufficient to prove liability. At the close of the prosecution's case during a criminal trial, the defendant may make a motion that there is no case for the defendant to
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Legal motion which seeks acquittal because the prosecutor's case is insufficient
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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/No_case_to_answer
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2024-01-16T01:01:12Z
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