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· 9/24/1976

United States v. Hardeman Jackson

Citations

  • 542 F.2d 403
  • 1976 U.S. App. LEXIS 6959

How courts have described this case

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

  • stating that general allegations of anxiety and concern constitute only minimal prejudice, especially when unenhanced by an impairment in presenting a defense
  • stating that general allegations of anxiety and concern constitute only minimal prejudice, especially when unenhanced by an impairment in presenting a defense
  • passing reference to defendant walking out of courtroom held insufficient to require reversal where trial court instructed jury to disregard question of possible punishment or treatment
  • \A certain amount of prejudice must be presumed to flow from the approximately one year delay between arrest and trial.\
  • “A certain amount of prejudice must be presumed to flow from the approximately one year delay between arrest and trial.”
  • new trial not reqúired where prosecutor referred to item not in evidence and result of insanity plea in passing

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Cummings, Sprecher, Wood

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