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· 5/20/1968

Anderson v. Nelson

Citations

  • 390 U.S. 523
  • 88 S. Ct. 1133
  • 20 L. Ed. 2d 81
  • 1968 U.S. LEXIS 2065

How courts have described this case

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  • considering “the magnitude of the prejudicial effect of the remark” and “the strength of the evidence of the defendant’s guilt”
  • considering “the magnitude of the prejudicial effect of the remark” and “the strength of the evidence of the defendant’s guilt”
  • Griffin error is harmless 14 unless “such comment is extensive, where an inference of guilt from silence is stressed to the jury 15 as a basis of conviction, and where there is evidence that could have supported acquittal”
  • prosecutor's improper comment on defendant's failure to testify
  • comment covering two pages of the Supreme Court Reporter

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Judges: Black, Harlan

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