Commonwealth v. Treiber

How courts have described this case

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• holding that evidence is relevant if it logically tends to establish a material fact in the case, tends to make a fact at issue more or less probable, or supports a reasonable inference or presumption regarding the existence of a material fact
• rejecting contention that trial court abused its discretion in refusing to dismiss a seated juror who violated the court’s sequestration rules where the trial court conducted an in camera hearing and made credibility determinations about the juror’s conduct
• grave risk of death to another person found when defendant set fire to his home, killing his daughter, while his girlfriend was present in the home
• “The discharge of a juror is within the sound discretion of the trial court. Absent a palpable abuse of that discretion, the court’s determination will not be reversed.”
• precluding mention of prior arson

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).