The judge in the Lindsay Clancy murder case has denied her request for a required finding of not guilty. Turning down a defense motion that had argued there wasn't enough evidence to prove she was responsible for killing her three children.

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Clancy attorney Kevin Reddington argued for that finding at a hearing Tuesday, the first since Sullivan declared a mistrial over a hung jury. He said the prosecution didn't present enough evidence about the killings themselves to convict Clancy suggesting the entire case  was based on speculation . He also tied the issue to the judge's decision not to split the trial into two, so he could argue in one about the dearth of evidence and the other about whether she was criminally culpable.

Judge William Sullivan denied the motion Thursday.


At the trial, jurors heard testimony that Clancy said she heard voices instructing her to kill 5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson and 8-month-old Callan Clancy. Her DNA was found on exercise bands used to strangle them. Before the trial, Reddington himself filed a motion in which he said Clancy was willing to stipulate, in writing, to her involvement in the children's deaths.

Prosecutors in court pushed back, saying that not only was there enough evidence to charge Clancy, but that it was the first time Clancy's defense was arguing the point.

 We're hearing now for the first time, in this argument, that counsel is challenging first the sufficiency of the evidence as it applies to the three counts of murder,  Assistant District Attorney Shanan Buckingham said.

Many questions remain unresolved after Lindsay Clancy's first hearing since a hung jury prompted the judge to declare a mistrial. Here's what happened in court on Tuesday, including what a lawyer said about representing the person who's become known as the holdout juror.

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