Terry Lee Harris v. R. A. Young, Warden

How courts have described this case

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

• discussing the aim of the Double Jeopardy Clause of the United States Constitution
• “If obvious and adequate alternatives to aborting the trial were disregarded, [it] suggests the trial judge acted unjustifiably”
• “[I]f less drastic alternatives than a mistrial were available, they should have been employed to protect the defendant’s interest in promptly ending the trial.”
• “If obvious and adequate alternatives to aborting the trial were disregarded, this suggests the trial judge acted unjustifiably.”
• “One major factor to consider in assessing the wisdom of the trial court’s action is whether a mistrial was necessary. If obvious and adequate alternatives to aborting the trial were disregarded, this suggests the trial judge acted unjustifiably.”
• “One major factor to consider in assessing the wisdom of the trial court’s action is whether a mistrial was necessary. If obvious and adequate alternatives to aborting the trial were disregarded, this suggests the trial judge acted unjustifiably.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).