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State v. Kirby

Citations

  • 175 N.W.2d 87
  • 185 Neb. 240
  • 1970 Neb. LEXIS 533

How courts have described this case

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  • “In view of the fact that this record fairly shrieks the guilt of the parties, we cannot conceive how this one admission could have possibly influenced this jury to reach an improper verdict”
  • “The answer was unexpected, and the court immediately instructed the jury to disregard it [and] specifically admonished the jury that it was not to consider any evidence stricken by the court. . . . [T]he defendant is entitled to a fair trial but not a perfect one”

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Judges: White, Carter, Spencer, Boslaugh, Smith, McCown, Newton

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