· 9/30/2015
West, Farrell Dane
How courts have described this case
Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.
- stating that jury, having been given dictionary in jury room, \was exposed improperly to extrinsic material\
- accepting a trial court's instruction to the jury that they could \infer . . . that a person intends the natural and probable consequences of his acts knowingly done or knowingly admitted\
- \Provision of a dictionary to a jury by a judge after the close of the evidence and the instructions -- except perhaps in extraordinary circumstances and after thorough discussion with counsel on the record -- should not happen.\
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