What is the burden of proving prejudicial extrajudicial information to a jury?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Cornwell v. Ylst, 8 F.3d 26 (9th Cir. 1993):
5 Once it is determined that prejudicial extrajudicial information reached the jury the burden shifts to the state to prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that the information had no effect on the verdict. Hughes v. Borg, 898 F.2d 695, 700 (9th Cir.1990). Here the state has made no such showing.
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