38 Conn. Super. Ct. 484 - Melanson v. Rogers’s Empirical Analysis
1982
Citation profile
2
cited by 2 later decisions
1
states following
September 1992
most recently cited
2 state decisions
Relationships
Relies on Flick v. United States · Anonymous v. Norton · Roden v. Connecticut Co. · DeCarufel v. Colonial Trust Co. · Ferino v. Palmer
Most-quoted passages
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“The general principle is that a mistrial should be granted only as a result of some occurrence upon the trial of such a character that it is apparent to the court that because of it a party cannot have a fair trial and the whole proceedings are vitiated.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage
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