111 N.C. App. 310 - State v. Pendergrass’s Empirical Analysis
1993
Citation profile
6
cited by 6 later decisions
1
states following
February 2006
most recently cited
6 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Sheppard v. Maxwell · State v. Smith · State v. Powell · State v. Earnhardt · State v. Jerrett
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“4. From May 29, 1997, the date of the offense, to the date of the hearing of this motion, September 21, 1998, there have been three newspaper articles published in The Sun Journal. Two of those articles were printed back in May, 1997, the time of the commission of these offenses, and the third was published in August, 1998. 5. The news accounts of these offenses and the subsequent arrest of the defendant were not excessive in number or in length. 6. That all three articles were factual and non-inflammatory news accounts of the rape, robbery, and kidnapping and the subsequent arrest of the defendant. 7. That the defense in jury voir dire will be able to determine whether jurors have knowledge of the case and, if so, whether they can set aside what they have previously heard or read about this case, and decide this case based on the evidence and testimony offered during the trial. 8. That the defendant has not shown that it is reasonably likely that prospective jurors would base their decisions in this case upon pretrial information from either the print or television media or from word of mouth. 9. That the defendant can receive in Craven County a fair and impartial trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The test is whether the conflict in defendants' respective positions at trial is of such a nature that, considering all of the other evidence in the case, defendants were denied a fair trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage“The fact that defendants in a joint trial may offer antagonistic or conflicting defenses does not necessarily warrant severance.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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