United States v. James Harold Hood

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• stating “the trial judge must make an initial determination as to whether the publicity creates a danger of substantial prejudice to the accused”
• “Periods of active investigation by the government may not ordinarily be considered in support of a claim of unreasonable preindictment delay.”
• where articles referred to defendant's arrest for an offense the jury had not learned of, but defendant had already testified about prior arrests for murder, kidnapping, and armed robbery, trial court did not err in finding that threshold prejudice requirement had not been satisfied
• where articles referred to defendant's arrest for an offense the jury had not learned of, but defendant had already testified about prior arrests for murder, kidnapping, and armed robbery, trial court did not err in finding that threshold prejudice requirement had not been satisfied
• initial polling must be individual
• initial polling must be individual

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