State v. Blom

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 confession was voluntary despite the fact that it was given while a prisoner suspect was held in solitary confinement during the time of the confession
• stating that a trial court’s decision to admit evidence under Rule 404(b) is reviewed for an abuse of discretion
• explaining that validity of waivers, even of constitutional rights, depends “upon the particular facts and circumstances surrounding the case” and may be implied by defendant’s conduct
• stating that “courts are vested with discretion in managing trials”
• applying harmless-error review to an “erroneous exclusion of evidence that violates the defendant’s right to present evidence”
• noting implicit credibility determinations by the district court based on the district court’s findings

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).