In re the Marriage of Snead

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• holding that defense counsel’s improper, prejudicial comment in opening statement of murder prosecution, that defendant had offered to take a lie detector test to prove his innocence, rendered declaration of mistrial a manifest necessity
• holding that manifest necessity for a mistrial was established when the trial court found that prejudice to the State’s ability to have a fair trial was clear and that the motion for a mistrial was based on that prejudice
• upholding grant of mistrial based on defense counsel’s disclosure during opening statement that the defendant had offered to take a lie detector test
• upholding grant of mistrial based on defense counsel's disclosure during opening statement that the defendant had offered to take a lie detector test

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