A Massachusetts judge, William Sullivan, has formally rejected a request from defense attorney Kevin Reddington to enter a not-guilty finding in the case of Lindsay Clancy. Clancy is accused of killing her three children—5-year-old Cora, 3-year-old Dawson, and 8-month-old Callan—in a case that has drawn significant public attention. The defense had sought the acquittal based on the argument that Clancy lacked criminal responsibility due to severe mental illness at the time of the incident.

Judge Sullivan’s ruling, issued in a brief order on Thursday, determined that the prosecution presented enough evidence to warrant a jury trial. This decision follows a previous mistrial declared in the case last month. The defense’s argument for the motion relied on the claim that both prosecution and defense expert witnesses reached a consensus regarding the severity of Clancy’s mental health struggles. However, the court’s ruling maintains that the legal threshold for a not-guilty finding was not met at this stage of the proceedings. The case will now continue toward a jury trial, where the question of Clancy’s criminal responsibility will be formally weighed by jurors rather than decided by the judge as a matter of law.