· 10/15/1845
Harding v. Inhabitants of Medway
Citations
- 51 Mass. 465
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- concluding that evidence leading to inferences that the defendant committed a certain crime, on its own, can- not overcome the prejudicial effect of improper misconduct evidence
- identifying “the importance of the erroneously admitted evidence to a party’s theory of the case” as being relevant to the harmlessness analysis
- “If there is little likelihood that the error affected the verdict, we will not reverse on the basis of that error.”
- “[D]efendant has the burden to demonstrate that the error affected a substantial right.”
- “Defendant has the burden to demonstrate that the error affected a substantial right.”
- “[D]efendant has the burden to demonstrate that the error affected a substantial right.”
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Judges: Hubbard
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