Carroll v. Missouri Pacific Railway Co.

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• holding that trial court can declare mistrial over defendant’s objection “only if there is a manifest necessity for the act, or the ends of public justice would otherwise be defeated” (quotation omitted)
• trial court should ascertain and consider whether the jury was prejudiced by conduct that is insufficient as a matter of law to justify a mistrial
• jury foreperson taking notes in violation of instructions was not manifest necessity

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