[cuban leaf]

This is a fairly common tactic. They want the jury to hold the prosecution to their burden of “beyond a reasonable doubt” rather than just comparing the defense vs. prosecution case and voting on who had the better case.

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I’m ashamed to say this, but I’m 64 and I didn’t get this concept until last year watching an episode of Suits. When the prosecution has not made their case beyond a reasonable doubt, your job is not to make your own case that you are innocent. Your job is to demonstrate that they have not made their case.

[AndyJackson]

I am guessing that there are essential elements of proof on each of the charges that are absent from the prosecution’s case and so it is dismissal by the judge or a direct appeal.