| United States. Congress. Senate. Judiciary - 1966 - 790 pagini
...prospective juror's impartiality would be to establish an impossible standard. It is sufficient if the juror can lay aside his impression or opinion and render a verdict based on the evidence presented in court"* Every appeal of this kind, said die Court, being of mixed law and... | |
| A. E. Dick Howard, Sanford A. Newman - 1976 - 98 pagini
...prospective juror's impartiality would be to establish an impossible standard. It is sufficient if the juror can lay aside his impression or opinion and render a verdict based on the evidence presented in court. [Citations omitted.] The Court went on to rule that the test was "whether... | |
| Roger J. R. Levesque - 2006 - 746 pagini
...impartial, as that term was defined by this Court in cases such as Irvin v. Dowd ["It is sufficient if the juror can lay aside his impression or opinion and render a verdict based on the evidence presented in court"]. He does not claim that pretrial publicity, ex parte communications,... | |
| Paul Siegel - 2008 - 640 pagini
...145 (1878). that is necessary to ensure a fair trial, Justice Clark wrote, is that a juror be able to "lay aside his impression or opinion and render a verdict based on the evidence presented in court."12 In a 1991 decision, the Supreme Court held that trial judges need... | |
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