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Can a Judge Overrule a Jury Verdict? In any trial, the judgeâs decision and opinion has higher authority than anyone else. The fact of the matter is that a judge is an expert on the law and the jury is not. The judge can overturn a guilty verdict and find the defendant not guilty, but not the other way around. Instead of overturning a guilty verdict, the judge can order a new trial.
There are other advantages of selecting a judge trial over a jury trial when you are representing yourself. Because there is no jury present, you will probably not have to conform your arguments to the strict procedural rules that the judge would likely insist on if you had to argue in front of a jury.