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13 Jan 2020, 9:41 am by Phil Dixon
U.S., 347 U.S. 227 (1954), “any private communication, contact, or tampering directly or indirectly, with a juror during a [criminal] trial about matters pending before the jury is . . . deemed presumptively prejudicial. [read post]
2 Oct 2019, 9:20 am by Jonathan Holbrook
” Finding no case precedent addressing the appropriate standard of review for the hybrid procedures used at trial, the appellate court held that it would “review the trial court’s order based upon the standards of review as set forth for findings of fact in criminal cases regarding motions to suppress and motions for a new trial. [read post]
22 Mar 2011, 6:12 am by Gideon
If you’re selected to sit on this jury, the judge will give you the exact definition, so I’m not going to do that. [read post]
3 Jan 2024, 7:15 am by Alex Phipps
These summaries will be added to Smith’s Criminal Case Compendium, a free and searchable database of case summaries from 2008 to the present. [read post]
8 Feb 2008, 12:30 am
While most discussion has centered on the jury's split verdict on the criminal charges, the unexamined issue in the case is why Snipes had not paid his taxes in the first place. [read post]
23 Oct 2012, 3:24 pm
Without recounting every piece of evidence leading to this conclusion, the Court concludes from our review of the evidence that this standard was met in this case. [read post]
11 Feb 2008, 8:08 am
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14 Nov 2011, 10:10 pm by David Ettinger
Mil:  Is harmless error analysis appropriate when the trial court omits multiple elements from a jury instruction on special circumstance murder, and if so, was the error harmless in this case? [read post]
30 Nov 2011, 11:05 am by Orin Kerr
But on the whole, local police captured local criminals, who were charged by local prosecutors and tried before local juries using criminal law standards from the common law that were vague and left considerable discretion to the jury. [read post]
16 Jan 2012, 10:02 am by Law Lady
Criminal law -- Attempted murder -- Jury instructions -- Giving of standard jury instruction on attempted manslaughter is not fundamental error in prosecution for attempted first degree murder where defendant is convicted of lesser included offense of attempted second degree murder -- Conflict certifiedJEAN L. [read post]
7 Feb 2013, 11:31 am by Daniel Richardson
  Defense counsel then used Defendant’s final preemptory challenge to dismiss Juror no. 1.The SCOV is quick to point out the trial court’s obligation to protect a criminal defendant’s constitutional right to trial by an impartial jury, but also notes the extremely deferential standard by which it evaluates a trial court’s purported abuse of discretion in this regard. [read post]
9 Sep 2008, 2:25 pm
P. 26.3 lessens the degree of deference accorded to a district court's finding of manifest necessity of a mistrial; but 3) an analysis of the factors for consideration of declaration of a mistrial contained in Comment 9.06 of the model criminal jury instructions supported the conclusion that there was manifest necessity to declare a mistrial in this case. [read post]
1 Jun 2010, 3:42 am by Russ Bensing
”  The only other criminal case decided by the Court was US v. [read post]
3 May 2018, 3:48 am by SHG
Saifullah Khan, the former Yale student who was found not guilty of sexual assault by a criminal court in March, said on Monday that the University Wide Committee on Sexual Assault has resumed its hearing process on his case to determine whether he can re-enroll at Yale. [read post]
8 Apr 2008, 9:47 am
Frias, No. 06-5381 Conviction and sentence to life of imprisonment for conspiracy to commit murder in connection with a narcotics offense is affirmed over claims regarding: 1) insufficiency of the indictment; 2) erroneous jury instructions; and 3) various sentencing errors. . [read post]
11 May 2014, 4:29 am by Andrew Delaney
The SCOV begins with the jury-instruction question. [read post]
8 Feb 2011, 11:16 am by Aaron
Johnson’s motive or intent and instructed the jury on the limits of its use. [read post]