Thompson v. Commonwealth’s Empirical Analysis
1978
Citation profile
14
cited by 14 later decisions
2
states following
September 2004
most recently cited
14 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Marshall v. United States · United States v. Hankish · Asbury v. Commonwealth · State v. McLaughlin · 160 W. Va. 19 - State v. Williams
Most-quoted passages
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“[JJurors serving in a criminal case may not, during the trial, properly read newspaper stories or listen to media reports discussing the proceedings. The basis for this elementary proposition is that a juror’s information about the case should come only from the evidence presented at trial and not from any extraneous source.”
2 later decisions quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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