A Johnson County jury found an Iowa City man not guilty of attempted murder on Sept. 11.

Adam Burkart, 19, 216 E. Bloomington St., was found not guilty of attempted murder and willful injury.

He will be released from custody.

Burkart was arrested in June with Harry Rayton IV, 22, after a fight left a man with broken ribs and six stab wounds in the chest, back, and abdomen.

The trigger event was apparently when the victim told Burkart to stop coming into his room without knocking.

Rayton, who is also charged with attempted murder, a Class B felony, is set to go to trial Nov. 30.

— by Regina Zilbermints