Leahey v. Cass Avenue & Fair Grounds Railway Co.

How courts have described this case

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• holding that “[t]he trial court did not substantively amend the indictment by adding an element to the charged offense”
• recognizing that courts frequently reject claims of jury taint based upon intra-jury communication
• explaining that if the defendant acted “purposely or knowingly, the defendant was by definition acting recklessly”
• explaining that, if he acted purposely, “the defendant was by definition acting recklessly”
• issues raised in the notice of appeal, but not briefed, are deemed waived

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).