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· 10/14/1968

Harper v. Russell

Citations

  • 393 U.S. 885

How courts have described this case

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  • denying mistrial where the prejudicial matter was “easily isolated” and proper corrective procedures were used to ensure the jury based its verdict solely on the evidence before it
  • trial judge is “in the best position to make [the] difficult evaluation” of whether jurors remained impartial

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