Trial of Clay Shaw

State v. Clay Shaw
Full case name	State of Louisiana v. Clay L. Shaw
Decided	March 1, 1969; 55 years ago (1969-03-01)
Verdict	Not guilty
Court membership
Judge sitting	Edward Haggerty

On March 1, 1967, New Orleans District attorney Jim Garrison arrested and charged New Orleans businessman Clay Shaw with conspiring to assassinate President Kennedy, with the help of Lee Harvey Oswald, David Ferrie, and others. On January 29, 1969, Shaw was brought to trial in Orleans Parish Criminal Court on these charges. On March 1, 1969, a jury took less than an hour to find Shaw not guilty. It remains the only trial to be brought for the assassination of President Kennedy.