Shortly before recessing for the day, Judge David Kenyon refused a defense motion to declare a mistrial.
After recessing for about 10 minutes, the jury returned with a not guilty verdict, despite the judge's instructions.
Mr. Reid decided the last vote before recessing for the campaigns would be a procedural motion to take up Mr. Tester's bill.
Subsequent to the announcement of the opinions, the end of the Term was announced and the Court will be recessing for the summer.
The eight jurors, in Hamilton County Common Pleas Court, heard two months of evidence before beginning their discussions Friday afternoon and then recessing for the weekend.
In one of its last acts before recessing for an August vacation, the House today approved a measure that would bar adoptions by gay couples in the District of Columbia.
On the second day of jury deliberations, the seven-man, five-woman panel worked for three more hours before breaking for lunch, then another three before recessing for the day.
Congressional negotiators reached agreement today on major elements of a $200 billion transportation bill, raising expectations that the full Congress will approve the measure before recessing for the Memorial Day holiday on Friday.
As lawmakers sought to clear a backlog of bills before recessing for the summer, other unresolved business included the Central American Free Trade Agreement and repeal or revision of the inheritance tax.
After a sharp clash on Friday between different camps of Democrats on the health care bill, House staff members worked into the weekend in an effort to reach a compromise and bring a bill to the floor before recessing for the summer.
It was only weeks ago that Mr. Obama was pressing both the House and the Senate to complete work on their versions of health legislation before recessing for the summer, a goal that went unmet as divisions erupted among Democrats as well as between the two parties.
