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Tonya Burns, 37, of El Dorado, was found not guilty of second degree battery Monday in Union County Circuit Court.

A jury of 12 members took less than 30 minutes to decide the verdict.

Burns was originally on trial for battery in the second degree and a terroristic act, but due to a motion made by Defense Attorney Robert Jeffrey, the terroristic act charge was thrown out.

After the witness testimony, Jeffrey asked Circuit Judge Hamilton Singleton if the jury could be briefly excused. He then made a motion to dismiss the charge of a terroristic a...