Commonwealth v. Wright’s Empirical Analysis
1980
Citation profile
4
cited by 4 later decisions
1
states following
September 1984
most recently cited
4 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Commonwealth v. Goosby · Commonwealth v. Rodgers · Commonwealth v. Phillips · Commonwealth ex rel. Bleecher v. Rundle · Mitchell v. Commonwealth
Most-quoted passages
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“Every unwise or irrelevant remark made in the course of a trial by a judge, a witness, or counsel does not compel the granting of a new trial. A new trial is required when the remark is prejudicial, that is, when it is of such a nature or substance or delivered in such a manner that it may reasonably be said to have deprived the defendant of a fair and impartial trial.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
How this case has been treated — in progress
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