Jesus had been tried before the Sanhedrin and found guilty of blasphemy.  Punishable by death (by stoning in the Jewish laws), but the Jewish religious leaders in Jerusalem wanted Jesus dead by Roman rule – crucifixion.
  So after the Jewish leaders had Jesus’ own words that He was the Son of God…they marched Jesus over to Pilate, the governor for Rome in Jerusalem.  (Luke 22:70; 23:1)

(NASB) Luke 23:2 “And they began to accuse Him, saying, ‘We found this man misleading our nation and forbidding to pay taxes to Caesar, and saying the He Himself is Christ, a King.’”

  Not one, not two, but three accusations…perhaps these Jewish leaders were hoping one of those three would be the one to condemn Jesus to death in the eyes of Pilate.
  What was Pilate’s decision?
1st Accusation – false
  Jesus never misled anyone – He only taught the people to put their trust and faith in the living God and His truths.

2nd Accusation – false
  Jesus encouraged His followers to pay their taxes.  He even told the Pharisees to “Give to Caesar what is Caesar’s, and to God what is God’s.”  (Matthew 22:21  NIV) 

3rd Accusation – true
  Jesus verified that statement to be true and affirmed it:
(NASB) Luke 23:3 “So Pilate asked Him, saying, ‘Are You the King of the Jews?’  And He answered him and said, ‘It is as you say.’”

  What was the decision Pilate reached?
(NASB) Luke 23:4 “Then Pilate said to the chief priests and the crowds, ‘I find no guilt in this man.’”

  How did those powerful Jewish men argue against Pilate’s decision?
(NASB) Luke 23:5 “But they kept on insisting, saying, ‘He stirs up the people, teaching all over Judea, starting from Galilee even as far as this place.’”

  Ah Ha!  An escape route for Pilate (and he took it, quickly):
(NASB) Luke 23:6-7 “When Pilate heard it, he asked whether the man was a Galilean.
7 And when he learned that He belonged to Herod’s jurisdiction, he sent Him to Herod, who himself also was in Jerusalem at that time.”

  Have you said “Not guilty!” then permit others to continue to argue?
  What escape route do you use to get out of ‘sticky’ situations?  Do you, like Pilate, pass the problem to be solved on to another?