United States v. Wells’s Empirical Analysis
739 F.3d 511 · 2014
Citation profile
1 federal appellate · 1 district ·
Relationships
Applies 18 U.S.C. § 2 · 18 U.S.C. § 2510 (Electronic Communications Privacy Act of 1986) · 18 U.S.C. § 371 · 18 U.S.C. § 924 · 21 U.S.C. § 841 (§ 401 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 21 U.S.C. § 843 (§ 403 of the Controlled Substances Act) · 28 U.S.C. § 1291
Relies on Katz v. United States · Zafiro v. United States · Minnesota v. Olson · Minnesota, v. Wayne Thomas Carter · Rausch v. United States
Most-quoted passages
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“curative instruction ... was 'clear and concise and pertained to testimonial evidence from a single witness that was amenable to easy segregation in the minds of the jury.' " Id. at 533 (quoting Caballero , 277 F.3d at 1243 ). Yet, that instruction simply stated: "Ladies and gentlemen, disregard that last answer. I'll strike it from the record. We're getting into an area that's not proper for jury consideration.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“Under the abuse of discretion standard, a trial court's decision will not be disturbed unless the appellate court has a definite and firm conviction that the lower court has made a clear error of judgment or exceeded the bounds of permissible choice in the circumstances.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority“We review a district court's refusal to grant a mistrial for abuse of discretion. The district court has discretion to grant a mistrial only when a defendant's right to a fair and impartial trial has been impaired.”
1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
How this case has been treated — in progress
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