United States v. Christine Marie McCormac AKA Christine Bannerman Danielle Crrillo

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• holding that the defendant was not en- titled to a mistrial after she argued with the judge and was held in contempt
• holding a “district court’s assessment of the jury’s ability to remain impartial despite the explosion of defiance from [a] defendant is accorded substantial weight because the district court is in the best position to ascertain whether an event is prejudicial”
• noting that “juries are presumed to heed cautionary instructions”
• noting that “juries are presumed to heed cautionary instructions”
• discussing defendant's vocal refusal to proceed with trial because it was \a biased situation\
• applied Sarkisian legal standard in affirming the district court denying defendant’s motion for mistrial based on the district court holding defendant in contempt in the presence of prospective jurors

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).