Craun v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

11 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “Whether to grant or deny a motion for mistrial is a decision left to the sound discretion of the trial court. We will reverse the trial court's ruling only upon an abuse of that discretion. We afford the trial court this deference on appeal because the trial court is in the best position to evaluate the relevant cireum-stances of an event and its impact on the jury. To prevail on appeal from the denial of a motion for mistrial, the appellant must demonstrate the statement or conduct in question was so prejudicial and inflammatory that he was placed in a position of grave peril to which he should not have been subjected. We determine the gravity of the peril based upon the probable persuasive effect of the misconduct on the jury's decision rather than upon the degree of impropriety of the conduct. A mistrial is an extreme sanction warranted only when no other cure can be expected to rectify the situation. Reversible error is seldom found when the trial court has admonished the jury to disregard a statement made during the proceedings, because a timely and aceu-rate admonition to the jury is presumed to sufficiently protect a defendant's rights and remove any error created by the objectionable statement.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Nunley v. State

2. “any tendency to make the existence of any fact that is of consequence to the determination of the action more probable or less probable than it would be without the evidence.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Bryant v. State

3. “never stated that he touched [the victim's] vagina, either accidentally or intentionally”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Jeffrey Fairbanks v. State of Indiana