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· 3/23/2015

Sexton v. United States

Citations

  • 135 S. Ct. 1576
  • 191 L. Ed. 2d 657
  • 83 U.S.L.W. 3743
  • 2015 U.S. LEXIS 1929

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that a defendant who moves for a change of venue “has the burden of placing on the record material which will show a reasonable likelihood of prejudicial publicity precluding a fair trial.”
  • holding that a defendant who moves for a change of venue “has the burden of placing on the record material which will show a reasonable likelihood of prejudicial publicity precluding a fair trial”
  • denying transfer, despite publicity, because defendant failed to provide persuasive evidence that a fair trial was precluded in St. Thomas

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