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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 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.

After eight days of trial, and a mere nine minutes of deliberation, Scopes was found guilty on July 21 and ordered by the judge 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.

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.