Via NY Post:
Kerry Kennedy has been found not guilty of drugged driving — and gave herself a hearty round of applause after jurors were dismissed from court by a Westchester County judge.
The jury handed down the verdict after just 30 minutes of deliberation Friday morning. The six-member panel had deliberated about 45 minutes Thursday night after being handed the case.
Kennedy — who had faced up to a year in jail if convicted — hugged both her lawyers as the verdict was read, and then began clapping after the jurors left the courtroom.
Her lawyers and a band of supporters, including mom Ethel, joined the ovation.
Can’t blame the jury, the prosecution didn’t present a good case.
I predicted this yesterday, because the prosecutors, for some reason, conceded that she took the Ambien accidentally(when there wasn’t definitive proof that was the case). Once they conceded that, then they had to prove that she should have recognized that it was causing her to be drowsy, and pulled over, and the prosecution expert witness didn’t clearly support that contention.
Kennedy’s position was that somehow, after taking Ambien for ten years, she didn’t recognize it was making her go to sleep.
HT: Fbraimer