SAITAMA (Kyodo) A panel of six lay and three professional judges retired Tuesday to consider their verdict for a man who has pleaded guilty to attempting to kill an acquaintance with a knife.
The trial at the Saitama District Court, the nation's second under the new system, ended the testimony and argument phase Tuesday.
Presiding Judge Makoto Tamura said he would deliver the decision on Shigeyuki Miyake, 35, at 3 p.m. Wednesday.