People v. Lumsden

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• finding no abuse of discretion in the trial court’s denial of a mistrial, even though two witnesses suggested that the defendant had committed an uncharged murder, given the fleeting nature of the remarks and the fact that they were not subsequently “emphasized to the jury”
• “ ‘[A]n unresponsive, volunteered answer to a proper question is not cause for granting a mistrial.’ ”

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