Simple English definitions for legal terms
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A guilty verdict is a decision made by a jury in a criminal trial that the defendant is guilty of the crime they were charged with. It is the opposite of a not guilty verdict, which means the jury did not find enough evidence to prove the defendant's guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
For example, if someone is accused of robbery and the jury hears all the evidence and decides that the person did commit the crime, they would deliver a guilty verdict.
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