Back in August 2007, Britney Spears was photographed fleeing the scene after having hit a parked car in California and was consequently charged with driving without a valid license, since the one she owned only permitted her to drive in Louisiana.

Two days ago, her trial ended with the case having been declare a mistrial, after the jury deliberated for eight hours, the deliberation having been preceded by two days of testimony. Nevertheless, the only thing missing from the Los Angeles Superior Court was Britney herself, who was not present at her driver’s license trial.

Had the case ended in the jury finding Spears guilty as charged, the pop-singer could have received both a fine and some jail time, but it seems that she has managed to dodge that bullet.

Prosecutors have yet to state whether they would be requesting a new trial in the matter, since they have previously claimed that Britney had been residing in California for some time, therefore she should have had a license granted by the aforementioned state.

The jury assigned to the case was not able to break the 10-2 in favor of acquittal deadlock, thus prompting Van Nuys Superior Court Judge James A. Steele to declare the mistrial.

Michael Flanagan, Britney Spears’ attorney, deemed the decision as being only an 80 percent victory, adding that he considered the trial to have been pointless.

The jury comprised eight women and four men, most of which shared Flanagan’s opinion that the trial had wasted everybody’s time, as jury foreman Gary Moy revealed once outside the L.A. courthouse.