· 10/14/1968
Harper v. Russell
Citations
- 393 U.S. 885
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- 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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