The issue focused on a group of individuals who had been convicted of violating laws regarding the distribution of drugs during a raid in January. One man was found guilty, and two were found not guilty by a jury after the judge ruled it had been "clearly" wrong to convict them.

In a written statement, the judge said there should be a presumption that defendants will be convicted of a felony even if the crime was not "misdemeanor." But the judge also said prosecutors could argue that the evidence