The court said that "no reasonable jury could have made that distinction."

"Surely any reasonable jury will acquit me," Allison said.

Allison, I don't know if we're going to have a reasonable jury.

A JNOV is appropriate only if the judge determines that no reasonable jury could have reached the given verdict.

It said no reasonable jury would have decided in Dr. Berge's favor.

The judges found that no reasonable jury would have ever acquitted the defendants even had they been correctly directed by the trial judge as to the law.

"A reviewing court can only engage in pure speculation - its view of what a reasonable jury would have done."

"Factually innocent" meant that a reasonable jury would find Mr. Miller not guilty.

"I am satisfied - giving the state the benefit - that a reasonable jury could find the defendant guilty of each and every count," he said.

Typically, the judge orders a directed verdict after finding that no reasonable jury could reach a decision to the contrary.