248 Ill. App. 3d 547 - People v. Schaff’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “Schaff I, 618 N.E.2d at 570. The state appellate court reasoned: 72 The testimony given at the evidentiary hearing clearly establishes that the jury was not improperly influenced by extraneous information. One juror was not even aware of the information until after the conclusion of the trial and the other simply overheard a statement from a boy to his mother in the courtroom which did not facially bear any relation to defendant. At the hearing, defendant did not offer any additional evidence of prejudice. 73 Id. The court then held that the”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Paul Schaff v. Donald Snyder

2. “Tr. at 907. The court therefore denied Mr. Schaff's motion for a new trial. 71 The question whether the jury was influenced by extraneous information was reviewed on direct appeal. The state appellate court concluded that the trial court did not abuse its discretion in finding that the defendant's right to a fair trial had been safeguarded and that”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Paul Schaff v. Donald Snyder

3. “trial court's resolution of this issue was not improper and was in complete accord with the evidence adduced.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Paul Schaff v. Donald Snyder