State v. Cavness

How courts have described this case

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

• prosecutor improperly urged jury to draw unfavorable inference from defendant’s failure to call accomplice
• inference improper, when the missing witness is an accomplice or codefendant
• “When the Court has instructed that something which the[ jurors] have heard is not to be considered by them, we must presume in favor of their oath and public duty.” (Internal quotation marks and citations omitted).
• “When the Court has instructed that something which the[ jurors] have heard is not to be considered by them, we must presume in favor of their oath and public duty.” (Internal quotation marks and citations omitted).

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).