People v. Maury

How courts have described this case

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

• holding that the defendant must renew a motion for a change of venue after voir dire to preserve the issue for appeal
• “[I]t is the exclusive province of the [factfinder] to determine the credibility of a witness and the truth or falsity of the facts upon which a determination depends.”
• court did not err by finding capital defendant’s favorable polygraph test result to be inadmissible in the penalty phase because its possible probative value was outweighed by its “doubtful reliability”
• “A defendant cannot have it both ways. If he talks, what he says or omits is to be judged on its merits or demerits.” (quoting United States v. Goldman, 563 F.2d 501, 503 (1st Cir. 1977))

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).