Plymouth, Massachusetts - A judge has denied Lindsay Clancy's legal team's bid for all charges against the accused murderer to be dismissed. But where does the case go from here?
Days after Clancy's lead defense attorney, Kevin Reddington, argued "this entire case is based on speculation" during a Tuesday court hearing on whether there should be another trial, emphasizing what he finds to be a lack of evidence, Judge William Sullivan denied the request.
The judge said Thursday there was "sufficient" evidence that justified sending the case to a jury.
"The Court finds that the evidence, when viewed in the light most favorable to the Commonwealth and with the reasonable inferences permitted to be drawn, was sufficient to have satisfied any rational trier of fact beyond a reasonable doubt as to the essential element of the defendant's criminal responsibility," Judge Sullivan wrote in his Thursday ruling.
Reddington had made the motion for a required finding of not guilty numerous times throughout Clancy's trial, which ended in a mistrial, and it was denied each time.
When Reddington once again requested the judge issue a not guilty verdict on Tuesday, prosecutor Jennifer Sprague labeled his claim of insufficient evidence a "laughable argument."
Though Clancy's defense team and the prosecution are not due in court for another hearing about a possible new trial until November 2, Reddington also filed another motion asking the court to officially investigate the lone holdout juror for his alleged conduct during deliberations.
The defense team has also asked the court to dismiss the case on the grounds of "double jeopardy."
In early September, an attorney representing Clancy's ex-husband, Patrick Clancy, issued a statement directed at conspiracy theorists and true crime fanatics on social media who have been insinuating that Patrick had something to do with the deaths of their three young children, saying, "Enough is enough – this spread of blatant and baseless falsehoods must stop," before threatening to take legal action.
"There will be consequences," he said, per CBS News.