Jeffrey A. Weisheit v. State of Indiana

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• holding trial court did not abuse its discretion when it denied mistrial motion where, after extrajudicial communication to jurors was exposed, court questioned each juror, admonished the jurors, and dismissed the offending juror
• stating trial court in best position to evaluate whether mistrial is warranted because it evaluates first- hand relevant facts and circumstances and their impact on jury
• finding harmless error when \over half of the jurors\ were not exposed to the outside influence and the remaining jurors \stated that it had no 4 effect on their ability to serve impartially\
• “When the jury is properly instructed, we will presume they followed such instructions.”
• “When the jury is properly instructed, we will presume they followed such instructions.”
• when a jury is properly instructed, we presume they followed such instruction

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