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The next day, it was Darrow's turn to be cross-examined. But Darrow took the public by taking the unprecedented step of asking the jury for a guilty verdict against his client.<ref>http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scopes/day8.htm</ref>   

The next day, it was Darrow's turn to be cross-examined. But Darrow took the public by taking the unprecedented step of asking the jury for a guilty verdict against his client.<ref>http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/scopes/day8.htm</ref>   

After 8 days of trial, and 9 minutes of deliberation, Scopes was found guilty on July 21 and ordered to pay a fine of $100. The conviction was overtuned on appeal by a technicality.<ref>The Tennessee Constitution had a clause that any fine that high must be set by a jury, not by the judge.  The state's Supreme Court vacated the verdict due to that, and then ruled that because Scopes no longer lived in the state, the case was moot.</ref>

After eight days of trial, and a mere nine minutes of deliberation, Scopes was found guilty on July 21 and ordered to pay a fine of $100.

 

Scopes' conviction was overturned on appeal by a technicality: the Tennessee Constitution at that time had a clause that any fine in excess of $50 must be set by a jury, not by the judge.  The state's Supreme Court vacated the verdict on that basis, and further ruled that, because Scopes no longer lived in the state, the case was moot.

== Aftermath ==

== Aftermath ==