Was the Higbee verdict for the murder trial guilty or innocent?
June 8, 2009 Higbee, not guilty, speaks to victims’ mother Posted: 09:25 PM ET CAPE MAY COURT HOUSE, New Jersey–Late Monday afternoon jurors in the case of New Jersey vs Robert Higbee found the state trooper not guilty of vehicular homicide in the deaths of Jaqueline and Christina Becker. The packed courtroom went silent before the verdict was announced. The majority of those in the courtroom were fellow New Jersey troopers in support of Higbee, who has been suspended since his indictment in February 2007. Maria Caiafa, mother of the teenage crash victims, and her family, sat quietly on the prosecution’s side of the courtroom. After the verdict was announced by the jury foreperson, each juror was polled and asked by Judge Raymond Batten if the verdict just read was their true verdict. All individually replied….yes. Higbee’s face turned a very bright red as he seemed to nod to each juror as they were polled. Defense attorney Bill Subin spontaneously moved to the center of the courtroom
