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· 1/16/1990

United States v. Richard A. Nazzaro

Citations

  • 889 F.2d 1158
  • 1989 WL 137172

How courts have described this case

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

  • finding testimony material because it bore on the activities of the “kingfish” of the alleged conspiracy
  • finding testimony material because it “had the potential of providing valuable leads as to how [the conspiracy] worked”
  • newspaper story concerning corrupt police officers not presumptively prejudicial as to police officer defendant in unrelated case
  • newspaper story concerning corrupt police officers not presumptively prejudicial as to police officer defendant in unrelated case
  • “[T]he law wisely affords the trier ... substantial discretion in determining whether to interrogate jurors.”
  • “the law wisely affords the trier — who is on the front lines, sensitive to the nuances of the case before him — substantial discretion in determining” possible prejudicial influence

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).

Judges: Torruella, Selya, Mayer

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