The following excerpt is from People v. Nelson, 2016 N.Y. Slip Op. 02554, 27 N.Y.3d 361, 33 N.Y.S.3d 814, 53 N.E.3d 691 (N.Y. 2016):
to influence the jury verdict (see e.g. Woods v. Dugger, 923 F.2d 1454, 14581460 [11th Cir.1991] [considering prejudice from presence of uniformed off-duty prison guards attending, as spectators, the trial of the defendant for murder of a guard]; State v. Allen, 182 Wash.2d 364, 385386, 341 P.3d 268, 278279 [2015] [Silent showings of sympathy or support do not pose an unacceptable threat to the defendant's right to a fair
[53 N.E.3d 703]
[33 N.Y.S.3d 826]
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