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How To Use mistrial In A Sentence

• But it is virtually unthinkable that it could end in an acquittal, still less a mistrial.
• NASSAU, BAHAMAS - The trial of two people accused of trying to extort John Travolta following the death of his son in the Bahamas has ended in a mistrial after a lawmaker suggested the still-deliberating jury had acquitted one of the defendants. Undefined
• The Court noted that double jeopardy is generally not implicated when a defendant obtains a verdict or chooses to prevent one by successfully seeking a mistrial, but that there is an exception to that rule that applies when a prosecutor has engaged in prejudicial misconduct deliberately intended to provoke a mistrial motion. Constitutional Issues
• The judge said he would declare a mistrial if the jury did not reach its verdict today.
• His previous trials resulted in three acquittals and one mistrial. US Assisted Suicide Advocate Kevorkian Dead at 83
• Superior Court Judge William Pounders dismissed the conspiracy charge and declared a mistrial in the case of the other 12 counts.
• Notwithstanding my declaration of a mistrial, the parties have consented to my hearing the applications and to all the evidence that I have heard applying to these applications.
• Trials proceed until the case comes to a close with a verdict, mistrial or late settlement.
• Trials proceed until the case comes to a close with a verdict, mistrial or late settlement.
• Can mistrials be declared based on post-verdict misconduct?