Benedetti v. Erie County Medical Center Corp.

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• noting that the trial judge made her second competency determination after “hearting] testimony, subjected to cross-examination, from the jail guard who discovered the [suicide] attempt, and from the doctor and nurse who treated [the defendant]”
• finding allegation of surprise belied by record in view of defense counsel’s failure to request leave to inspect materials after their introduction by Government
• where sole defense is insanity, not factual innocence, there can be no prejudice from pretrial publicity in absence of a showing that publicity affected jury’s impartiality on insanity issue
• “[A]bsent a specific showing of bias, [even] a defendant accused of murdering a police officer is not entitled to a jury free of policemen’s relatives.”
• no prejudice because defense counsel was made aware of statements at pretrial hearing
• no cause to excuse banker’s wife in bank robbery trial

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