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· 1/31/1962

State v. Wederski

Citations

  • 368 P.2d 393
  • 230 Or. 57
  • 1962 Ore. LEXIS 268

How courts have described this case

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

  • holding that a mistrial was required because the prosecutor pointed out to the jury that the defendant had not testified
  • stating rule under Article I, section 12, of the Oregon Constitution
  • if the state may refer to a defendant's exercise of the right against self-incrimination with impunity, the right is \meaningless\
  • if the state may refer to a defendant’s exercise of the right against self-incrimination with impunity, the right is “meaningless”
  • where “certain fruits of [a burglary] were found on the person of the defendant * * * the testimony of the accomplice was corroborated”
  • the “presumably harmful effect” of prosecutorial misconduct may be obviated by a proper instruction

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Judges: McAllister, Rossman, Perry, Goodwin, Lusk

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