possible temptation test
Definitions from Case Law · United States Supreme Court
Definitions from Case Law
From 409 U.S. 57 - Ward v. Village of Monroeville · 1972Most cited · 1,472 citing opinions
the test is whether the mayor's situation is one 'which would offer a possible temptation to the average man as a judge to forget the burden of proof required to convict the defendant, or which might lead him not to hold the balance nice, clear, and true between the state and the accused
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