Both Cumani and Shehu pleaded not guilty and requested jury trials. A jury found them not guilty following a trial that took place from September 1-4, 2020.
Under Senate File 86, the attorney general would join the governor, treasurer, secretary of state, auditor, and superintendent of public instruction as a statewide elected office.
In February 2018, a jury in Natrona County District Court acquitted Cercy on the first- and second-degree counts, but deadlocked on the third-degree count.