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· 3/11/1942

Innis, Speiden & Co. v. Food Machinery Corp.

Citations

  • 2 F.R.D. 261
  • 53 U.S.P.Q. (BNA) 330
  • 1942 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 1680

How courts have described this case

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  • finding no plain error with the trial court's imprecise explanation of death penalty aggravating and mitigating factors at voir dire
  • summarily rejecting argument that trial court erred by denying motion for 12 peremptory challenges
  • summarily rejecting argument that trial court erred by denying motion for 12 peremptory challenges
  • intent to kill may be deduced from the instrument used to produce death, its tendency to destroy life, and the manner of inflicting a fatal wound
  • person told jurors outside courtroom two or three times that “ ‘nothing short of the death penalty would be satisfactory’ ”; no prejudice was shown, as remark was momentary, was that person’s personal opinion, and jurors said they would not be affected and would be impartial
  • “the complaining party must show actual prejudice.”

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Judges: Biggs

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