US Laws, Codes, Statutes & Cases

                                  TITLE  19
                              CRIMINAL PROCEDURE
                                  CHAPTER 23
                                   VERDICT
    19-2315.  JUDGMENT ON INFORMAL VERDICT. If the jury persist in finding an
informal verdict, from which, however, it can be clearly understood that their
intention is to find in favor of the defendant upon the issue, it must be
entered in the terms in which it is found, and the court must give judgment of
acquittal. But no judgment of conviction can be given unless the jury
expressly find against the defendant upon the issue, or judgment is given
against him on a special verdict.