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· 5/1/1911

Rabito v. N. O. Railway & Light Co.

Citations

  • 8 Teiss. 340
  • 1911 La. App. LEXIS 79

How courts have described this case

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  • applying the abuse-of- discretion standard to review a trial court’s denial of a motion for a new trial without conducting an evidentiary hearing
  • applying the abuse-of-discretion standard to review a trial court’s denial of a motion for a new trial without conducting an evidentiary hearing
  • juror allegedly bullied into voting for the death penalty by demeaning and chastising remarks of other jurors
  • on juror misconduct, “we show deference to the trial judge, who sees and hears the events and thus is in a better position to accurately evaluate the situation and determine the appropriate scope of inquiry”

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Judges: Dufour

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