Motion for Judgment of Acquittal:
“(1923) A criminal defendant’s request, at the close of the government’s case or the close of all evidence, to be acquitted because there is no legally sufficient evidentiary basis on which a reasonable jury could return a guilty verdict. If the motion is granted, the government has no right of appeal. Fed. R Crim. P. 29(a). – Abbr. MJOA.”