Washington Supreme Court· 3/23/1967

State v. Rinkes

Citations

425 P.2d 658
70 Wash. 2d 854
1967 Wash. LEXIS 1132

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impermissible for jury to consider newspaper editorial and cartoon about liberal court decisions in deliberations on criminal prosecution
new trial granted where a newspaper cartoon and editorial criticizing allegedly lenient decisions and liberal probation policies of certain local courts and judges were improperly included with the exhibits that entered the jury room
new trial granted where a newspaper cartoon and editorial criticizing allegedly lenient decisions and liberal probation policies of certain local courts and judges were improperly included with the exhibits that entered the jury room
consideration of cartoon and editorial improperly sent to jury room
“The general rule is that one cannot voluntarily elect to submit his case to the jury and then, after an adverse verdict, claim error which, if it did exist, could have been cured or otherwise ameliorated by some action on the part of the trial court.”
“The general rule is that one cannot voluntarily elect to submit his case to the jury and then, after an adverse verdict, claim error which, if it did exist, could have been cured or otherwise ameliorated by some action on the part of the trial court.”

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