Question: who won the court case in to kill a mockingbird

title: To Kill a Mockingbird
text: Atticus does not want Jem and Scout to be present at Tom Robinson 's trial . No seat is available on the main floor , so by invitation of the Rev. Sykes , Jem , Scout , and Dill watch from the colored balcony . Atticus establishes that the accusers -- Mayella and her father , Bob Ewell , the town drunk -- are lying . It also becomes clear that the friendless Mayella made sexual advances toward Tom , and that her father caught her and beat her . Despite significant evidence of Tom 's innocence , the jury convicts him . Jem 's faith in justice becomes badly shaken , as is Atticus ' , when the hapless Tom is shot and killed while trying to escape from prison . 

Answer: answer: The accusers Mayella and her father, Bob Ewell, won the trial despite significant evidence of Tom Robinson's innocence; the jury convicts him.
answer: At Tom Robinson's trial, Atticus establishes that the accusers - Mayella and her father, Bob Ewell, the town drunk - are lying. Despite significant evidence of Tom's innocence, the jury convicts him.