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· 9/29/1983

United States v. Ella Joan Williams

Citations

  • 717 F.2d 473
  • 1983 U.S. App. LEXIS 16439

How courts have described this case

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  • holding that manifest necessity existed for a mistrial because counsel needed a lengthy delay to prepare and a \protracted continuance was impractical given the high probability that many of the jurors would be unavailable on the new trial date.\
  • “A trial court’s decision to 10 release counsel is an exercise of its discretion”

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Judges: Wallace, Sneed, Far-Ris

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