Blake Found Not Guilty of Murder
No.... fucking.... way....
LOS ANGELES - The jury in the Robert Blake (search) murder trial has found the "Baretta" actor not guilty of the 2001 murder of his wife, Bonny Lee Bakley (search).
Jurors also acquitted Blake of one charge that Blake solicited murder, but deadlocked on a second solicitation charge. The jury voted 11-1 in favor of acquittal and the judge dismissed the count.
"They couldn't put the gun in his hand," jury foreman Thomas Nicholson (search) told reporters outside court.
Defense attorney M. Gerald Schwartzbach said Blake weathered the grueling trial with more composure than he did.
The jury of seven men and five women delivered the verdicts on its ninth day of deliberations, following a trial with a cast a characters that included two Hollywood stuntmen who said Blake tried to get them to bump off his wife.
The 71-year-old star of the 1970s detective drama "Baretta" dropped his head as the verdict was read and then appeared to shake with tears. He almost fell while reaching for a water bottle. He had been charged with murder, two counts of solicitation of murder and a special circumstance of lying in wait.
LOS ANGELES - The jury in the Robert Blake (search) murder trial has found the "Baretta" actor not guilty of the 2001 murder of his wife, Bonny Lee Bakley (search).
Jurors also acquitted Blake of one charge that Blake solicited murder, but deadlocked on a second solicitation charge. The jury voted 11-1 in favor of acquittal and the judge dismissed the count.
"They couldn't put the gun in his hand," jury foreman Thomas Nicholson (search) told reporters outside court.
Defense attorney M. Gerald Schwartzbach said Blake weathered the grueling trial with more composure than he did.
The jury of seven men and five women delivered the verdicts on its ninth day of deliberations, following a trial with a cast a characters that included two Hollywood stuntmen who said Blake tried to get them to bump off his wife.
The 71-year-old star of the 1970s detective drama "Baretta" dropped his head as the verdict was read and then appeared to shake with tears. He almost fell while reaching for a water bottle. He had been charged with murder, two counts of solicitation of murder and a special circumstance of lying in wait.