In Re: Appointment to the Minor Court Rules Committee

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• stating that when empaneling a jury, a trial court must be zealous in protecting the rights of the accused
• stating that where there is widespread hostility to a defendant, the reliability of jurors’ declarations of impartiality is subject to doubt
• explaining that the Court could “[o]f course” take notice of a particular Executive Order relevant to the case
• explaining that the Court could “[o]f course” take notice of an executive order relevant to the case
• asserting that “the trial court must be zealous to protect the rights of an accused,” including by exercising “a serious duty to determine the question of actual bias”
• observing that “[t]his Court has long held that the remedy for allegations of juror partiality is a hearing in which the defendant has the opportunity to prove actual bias”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).