Valle, then 16, fatally stabbed 17-year-old James McGrath, 17, outside a house party in Shelton, but the jury found he acted in self-defense.

Nobody wants to do this thing twice,” one attorney not associated with the case said about a potential mistrial.

A Connecticut man was found not guilty of murder, as well as several other charges, in connection to the 2022 death of a prep school lacrosse player.