consider a verdict

What did he then say to the jury before they filed out to consider a verdict?

The judge will sum up the evidence tomorrow before asking the jury to consider a verdict.

She is said to have improperly talked with jurors who were in the midst of considering a verdict.

After hearing the evidence and often jury instructions from the judge, the group retires for deliberation, to consider a verdict.

Justice Mellor invited the jury to consider a verdict of not responsible by reason of insanity, but they returned a guilty verdict after just fifteen minutes.

The Arizona Senate today dismissed the most serious of three impeachment charges against Gov. Evan Mecham and moved toward considering a verdict on the two charges that have already been heard.

Since prosecutors may not be able to prove the requisite deliberation in Mr. Goldman's death, Judge Ito said, jurors should be allowed to consider a verdict of second-degree murder, which requires only spur-of-the-moment intent.

"I'm very sorry to have to do this," said Judge Harold H. Greene at a hearing this morning when he announced that the jury would be sent to an undisclosed hotel each night while it is considering a verdict.

Last year, State Senator James Seward, a Republican from Oneonta, addressed similar public concerns by becoming the co-sponsor of a bill that would allow juries deliberating over an insanity defense also to consider a verdict called "guilty but mentally ill."