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State v. Lord

Citations

  • 165 P.3d 1251

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  • finding no constitutional infringement on the right to a fair trial when buttons bear the victim’s picture but contain no message
  • finding no constitutional infringement on the right to a fair trial when buttons bear the victim's picture but contain no message
  • allegation that buttons depicting victim and worn by spectators in courtroom denied defendant fair trial
  • a court abuses its discretion when it applies the wrong legal standard or bases its ruling on an erroneous view of the law
  • “A simple picture button, a sign of support or sympathy that does not expressly advocate guilt or innocence, does not alone impermissibly bias a jury.”
  • a trial court abuses its discretion when it applies the wrong legal standard

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Judges: J.M. Johnson

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