United States v. Redd’s Empirical Analysis

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27 federal appellate ·

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1. “[W]e “review the entire record and the ‘totality of the circumstances’ surrounding the judge’s conduct to ‘determine whether the judge’s behavior was so prejudicial that it denied the defendant a fair, as opposed to a perfect, trial.’ ” [United States v.] Sanchez, 325 F.3d [600,] 603 [(5th Cir.2003) ] (quoting [United States v.] Saenz, 134 F.3d [697,] 702 [ (5th Cir.1998) ]). The judge’s conduct rises to the level of a constitutional error only if the conduct, “viewed as a whole, ... amount[s] to a ‘quantitatively and qualitatively1 substantial intervention that could have led the jury to ‘a predisposition of guilt.’ ” Sanchez, 325 F.3d at 603 (quoting Saenz, 134 F.3d at 702).”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Hill

2. “We have repeatedly held that a general objection to the district court’s jury instructions is insufficient to satisfy Rule 51.” (internal quotation marks omitted)). Indeed, the context in which the County mentioned Powell belies the notion that it was attempting to object to the court's”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. Jimenez v. Wood County

3. “must show clear or obvious error that affects his substantial rights; if he does, this court has discretion to correct a forfeited error that seriously affects the fairness, integrity, or public reputation of judicial proceedings, but we are not required to do so.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. United States v. Infante