State v. Donesay

How courts have described this case

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

• admission of irrelevant evidence concerning murder victim intended to inflame jury reviewed under both federal and state standard
• admission of irrelevant evidence concerning murder victim intended to inflame jury reviewed under both federal and state standard
• murder victim's widow testified in detail regarding her relationship with her husband and her husband's friendly disposition; the admission of this testimony was irrelevant as to the crime charged and constituted reversible error
• adopting rule in context of right to remain silent
• based in part on state law

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).