United States v. Peter Charles Urqhart

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• explaining that any error in denying a mistrial is harmless if there was “substantial evidence of . . . guilt” (citation omitted)
• “[W]here there is ‘substantial evidence of appellant’s guilt, any error in the failure to declare a mistrial was harmless.’” (quoting United States v. Urick, 431 F.3d 300, 305 (8th Cir. 2005))
• denial of motion for mistrial is reviewed for abuse of discretion; measures that are less drastic than mistrial, such as cautionary instruction, are generally sufficient -2- to alleviate prejudice stemming from accidental comments

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