Clancy Seeks Rule 25 Acquittal After 11-1 Mistrial Split in 2023 Killings Case

3 articles · Updated · NBC Boston · Sep 10

Kevin Reddington on Thursday renewed a Rule 25 motion to acquit Lindsay Clancy, arguing the evidence was legally insufficient and that a not-guilty finding would bar any retrial after last week's mistrial.
Seven days of jury deliberations ended with an 11-1 split for not guilty by reason of lack of criminal responsibility, according to the defense, which says the lone holdout acknowledged doubt but would not apply it under the law.
Six forensic experts — three for each side — agreed Clancy had a serious mental illness on Jan. 24, 2023, the motion says, while prosecutors' experts disputed the diagnosis label rather than whether a mental disease existed.
A single Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court justice already denied the defense bid to question the holdout juror, and Plymouth Superior Court is set to hear the renewed motion at a Sept. 29 conference.