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· 7/11/2001

Ronald Adams Contractor, Inc. v. Lake Borgne Basin Levee District

Citations

  • 791 So. 2d 784
  • 2000 La.App. 4 Cir. 0740
  • 2001 La. App. LEXIS 1874
  • 2001 WL 812636

How courts have described this case

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  • explaining that the Utah Supreme Court considers a trial court’s use of the word “victim” particularly serious because it can give the jury an impression of partiality
  • “In this case, the statements using the term ‘victim’ were numerous, came from several sources . . . and unsubtly referred to [the complaining witness] as ‘victim.’ . . . We have little trouble concluding that these references were problematic and objectionable.”

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Judges: Byrnes, III, McKay, Waltzer

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