Byrnes v. Board of Elections

How courts have described this case

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

• prospective juror's statement that defendant was a \firebug\ where defendant was charged with arson was inherently prejudicial
• in arson case, prospective juror’s statement that someone told him defendant was a “firebug” was inherently prejudicial
• prospective juror’s statement that defendant was a “firebug” where defendant was charged with arson was inherently prejudicial
• juror’s comment during voir dire that the defendant was a “firebug” was inherently prejudicial where the defendant was on trial for arson
• In an arson case: “I worked with a guy that said that . . . [the defendant] was a firebug.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).