In the Interest of B. R.

How courts have described this case

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

• statement about defendant’s “denial, half-truths, truths, other stories” was fair comment on evidence because defendant gave six inconsistent versions of the crime
• A district court does not have to provide the jury a definition for widely used words or those readily comprehensible by individuals of common intelligence.
• standard of review of a trial court’s decision on a motion for mistrial is an abuse of discretion
• standard of review of a trial court's decision on a motion for mistrial is an abuse of discretion
• A 9 district court does not have to provide the jury a definition for widely used words or those readily comprehensible by individuals of common intelligence.
• a district court does not err in refusing to give lesser included offense instructions on a crime which is unsupported by evidence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).