Supreme Court of New Hampshire· 11/30/1961
State v. Nelson
Citations
- 103 N.H. 478
- 175 A.2d 814
- 1961 N.H. LEXIS 71
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Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- requiring three weeks to pick jury in widely publicized case not evidence of prejudice but rather shows court’s “extreme care” in obtaining impartial jury
- requiring three weeks to pick jury in widely publicized case not evidence of prejudice but rather shows court’s “extreme care” in obtaining an impartial jury
- “The very nature of the charges ... could not fail to create general public interest with attendant widespread publicity through the various news channels.”
- fact that it took several weeks to select a jury indicates “the extreme care taken by the Trial Court to insure that an impartial jury was selected”
- failure to exhaust peremptory challenges was factor considered in deciding whether pretrial publicity prevented impanelling of impartial jury
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Judges: Wheeler
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33 cases in this archive cite this case; the 20 most cited are listed.
- State v. SandsSupreme Court of New Hampshire· 1983-08-29· cited 70×
- State v. SmartSupreme Court of New Hampshire· 1993-02-26· cited 50×
- State v. LinskySupreme Court of New Hampshire· 1977-10-31· cited 49×
- State v. BeasleyTennessee Supreme Court· 1976-04-19· cited 37×
- State v. AddisonSupreme Court of New Hampshire· 2013-11-06· cited 32×
- State v. RulloSupreme Court of New Hampshire· 1980-03-05· cited 27×
- Parker L. Hancock, Warden v. Russell NelsonFirst Circuit· 1966-09-14· cited 26×
- Martineau v. PerrinSupreme Court of New Hampshire· 1979-07-11· cited 25×
- Robert Breest v. Everett I. Perrin, Jr., Warden, New Hampshire State Prison, Frederick J. Martineau v. Richard T. McCarthy Etc.First Circuit· 1981-07-01· cited 24×
- State v. MilletteSupreme Court of New Hampshire· 1972-12-29· cited 24×
- State v. LaamanSupreme Court of New Hampshire· 1974-12-31· cited 23×
- Rush v. StateSupreme Court of Delaware· 1985-03-18· cited 23×
- State v. JacksonSupreme Court of Kansas· 1978-02-25· cited 22×
- State v. GribbleSupreme Court of New Hampshire· 2013-05-07· cited 17×
- State v. MartineauSupreme Court of New Hampshire· 1972-07-24· cited 14×
- Nelson v. HancockD. New Hampshire· 1965-03-01· cited 14×
- State v. LangdonSupreme Court of New Hampshire· 1981-12-08· cited 13×
- State v. DarcySupreme Court of New Hampshire· 1981-03-16· cited 11×
- State v. JansenSupreme Court of New Hampshire· 1980-09-17· cited 10×
- State v. FournierSupreme Court of New Hampshire· 1983-08-31· cited 9×
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