What is the test for a jury to overturn a finding of not guilty?
Ontario, Canada
The following excerpt is from Cheung v. Samra, 2018 ONSC 3480 (CanLII):
The case law is clear that for this argument to succeed, there must be a complete absence of evidence to support the jury verdict. To put it another way, the verdict must not have any evidentiary support: see Sandhu v. Wellington Place Apartments, 2008 ONCA 215 (CanLII), 234 O.A.C. 200, at paras. 10-11.
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