 Had the police found two recent cases similar to Mrs Hullett's, where a patient had died of an overdose of sleeping pills prescribed by Adams, that might have shown system, but the police had found no such cases.After Adams' acquittal in the Morrell case, the expectation was that the Attorney General would offer no evidence in the case and the judge would direct the jury to return a not guilty verdict.To general surprise, Manningham-Buller, entered a plea of nolle prosequi in the Hullett case.