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Title: Government of Virgin Islands v. Riley
Author : United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit
Release Date : January 25, 1992
Genre: Law,Books,Professional & Technical,
Pages : * pages
Size : 71 KB

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Opinion OF THE COURT MANSMANN, Circuit Judge. In this appeal we are faced with the question of whether the defendant's right to a fair trial was violated on retrial due to the publicity surrounding his first trial which had ended in a hung jury. Prior to retrial, Acting Chief Judge Brotman (who did not preside over the first trial) conducted voir dire of the venirepersons in his chambers and ascertained that each person who ultimately sat on the jury had an open mind and would determine the defendant's guilt or innocence based solely on the evidence introduced at trial. We concur with the district court that Riley has not demonstrated substantial prejudice arising from the publicity. Further, we conclude that the district court did not abuse its discretion by admitting into evidence the videotape deposition testimony of a minor child eyewitness. Consequently, we will affirm the judgment of the district court.

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