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Not quite three short hours after Eric Yuen found himself running across Polk Street and up the steps of San Francisco City Hall, screaming for help, he would be acquitted.

It was, said Deputy Public Defender Charles Balara, the quickest acquittal he’d ever seen: After deliberating for perhaps not much longer than 30 minutes, the jury ruled Yuen was not guilty on all six of the misdemeanor domestic violence-related charges leveled against him. Around seven jurors, Balara recalled, would stay afterward and question just why this case was taken to trial at all.

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