Day 12 - February 4, 2015

The court instructed jurors on all seven charges, reasonable doubt, the presumption of innocence, and evaluating evidence. It prohibited adverse inferences from Ross Ulbricht's decision not to testify, corrected erroneous count references in the aiding-and-abetting instruction, and required separate, unanimous verdicts on each count. The instructions also addressed conspiracy liability, drug-quantity responsibility, continuing criminal enterprise requirements, and venue. The jury began deliberating at 11:55 a.m. It returned guilty verdicts on narcotics distribution, Internet-based narcotics distribution, narcotics conspiracy, continuing criminal enterprise, computer hacking conspiracy, fraudulent identification document conspiracy, and money laundering conspiracy. The verdict included affirmative drug-quantity findings for Counts One through Three. All twelve jurors individually confirmed the verdict during polling. The court discharged the jury and set sentencing for May 15 at 10 a.m. Counsel were directed to confer on post-trial motion dates. The government had 14 days to submit its statement of facts to Probation, and defense counsel had two weeks to arrange a Probation calendar date, not necessarily to complete the interview.