Ashba v. State’s Empirical Analysis

Citation profile

6 state decisions

Most-quoted passages

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1. “(d) A juror may be permitted to propound questions to a witness by subrait-ting them in writing to the judge, who will decide whether to submit the questions to the witness for answer, subject to the objections of the parties, which may be made at the time or at the next available opportunity when the jury is not present. Once the court has ruled upon the appropriateness of the written questions, it must then rule upon the objections, if any, of the parties prior to submission of the questions to the witness.”

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

2. “gradually built up speed until it was traveling at approximately 70 miles per hour, all the while weaving to the center line and back to the fog line.”

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

3. “Another mode of inquiry could be for the trial court to instruct jurors to verbally or physically indicate if they have any questions.”

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