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Harkness v. State’s Empirical Analysis

1980

Citation profile

2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
April 1986
most recently cited

2 state decisions

Relationships

Relies on State v. DeZeler · Johnson v. State · Harkness v. State · Reeves v. State · Swagger v. State

Most-quoted passages

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  1. “"[w]hen a jury has been clearly admonished not to do a certain act, the mere opportunity to violate the admonition without a vestige of proof of its violation, provides no basis upon which a court of review can find that the trial court has abused its discretion in refusing to investigate the jury for such possible misconduct. As an essential of a fair and impartial trial, there is no presumption that the jury is likely to take advantage of every opportunity to disregard the cautionary instructions of the court."”
    1 later decision quote this exact passage

How this case has been treated — in progress

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