Upon hearing the verdict, neither Mr. Kumar nor his family betrayed any emotion.
Upon hearing the verdict, Mr. Bout was stone-faced, even when the jury forewoman turned to look directly at him as she read the fourth, and final, guilty verdict.
Upon hearing the verdict, Mr. Bout maintained the "deadpan" expression and "very intense, furious" eyes that Ms. Hobson said he had shown throughout the trial — a visage that Ms. Hobson believed corroborated the evidence of his dangerous past and deadly intentions.
The public rioted upon hearing the verdict.
Thousands of Israelis seemingly agreed, rallying behind Azaria throughout the trial, and clashing with police outside the military court in Jaffa upon hearing the verdict.
Upon hearing the verdict, Shakur said in a "barely audible voice"—that she was "ashamed that I have even taken part in this trial" and that the jury was "racist" and had "convicted a woman with her hands up".
Upon hearing that the verdict was death, the condemned earl pleaded with Edward III for his life, offering to walk from Winchester to London with a rope around his neck as a sign of atonement.
Immediately upon the delivery of the verdict DI Hardy arrested Claire Ashworth for that whole other crime, the murder of Lisa Newbury and Pippa Gillespie.
Occasionally, a defendant might represent himself at trial and then, upon becoming despondent after the verdict, turn to a lawyer for the penalty phase.
The verdict was based upon prosecutorial misconduct, and indeed, the prosecution admitted that it had failed to turn over exculpatory evidence in violation of the applicable law and the duty imposed upon prosecutors.
