B.A. Ballou & Co. v. United States

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding that “[d]rug manufacturing and distribution, even on such a large scale as in this case, is not beyond the competence of the ordinary juror”
• holding that broad and general allegations of prejudice are insufficient to demonstrate an abuse of discretion
• noting that the potential defense witnesses were not charged with committing any crimes in the same district
• noting that “the authorities are devoid of any analysis of what constitutes ‘new matter.’ ”
• noting that the potential defense witnesses were not charged with committing any crimes in the same district
• observing that “the best evidence of the jury’s ability to com- partmentalize the evidence is its failure to convict all defen- dants on all counts.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).