· 5/5/1939
Skinner v. Coy
Citations
- 13 Cal. 2d 407
- 90 P.2d 296
- 1939 Cal. LEXIS 268
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- explaining that a trial court’s communications with the jury “should be restricted, in the absence of the accused and his counsel, to matters relating to the comfort and convenience of the jury”
- there should be no communication with a juror outside the presence of the accused “which would tend in any manner to prejudice the accused”
- there should be no communication with a juror outside the presence of the accused \which would tend in any manner to prejudice the accused\
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