State v. Darien Weston (073032)

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• holding that replay of a videotaped witness statement or testimony “must be conducted in open court, under the careful supervision of the trial judge” to address concerns that a particular segment will be overemphasized or viewed out of context
• directing reviewing court to look at whether alleged error had clear capacity to cause unjust result and, also, strength of State's case
• engaging in case- specific inquiry when considering whether trial court committed plain error in allowing jury unsupervised access to witnesses' videotaped pretrial statements
• engaging in case- specific inquiry when considering whether trial court committed plain error in allowing jury unsupervised access to witnesses' videotaped pretrial statements
• finding a lack of plain error in two trials where the court allowed the jury unfettered access to a videotaped statement
• noting that plain error was proper standard of review

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