Sentence examples for request for a mistrial from inspiring English sources

Of course, nothing came of Scaring's request for a mistrial; the judge simply denied it.

The trial was such a sensation that President Richard Nixon pronounced Manson guilty before the jury had gone out; the judge declined a request for a mistrial.

The judge in the murder trial of Scott Peterson rejected a request for a mistrial by the defense lawyer, Mark Geragos.

"He is unique: who goes to such extremes to destroy a person?" Mr. Ramrattan's lawyer, Frank Kelly — whose request for a mistrial, on the grounds that prosecutors did not hand over vital documents, was refused — said he would appeal.

On Tuesday Justice Richard Buchter refused to grant the defense's request for a mistrial after it emerged that a Queens assistant district attorney, Frank DeGaetano, had belatedly handed over to the defense documents from the Nassau County district attorney's office detailing statements by several of the prosecution's witnesses.

Another request for a mistrial.

(The defense has already made many requests for a mistrial during the six-month trial).

A federal judge on Tuesday denied requests for a mistrial from four men charged with plotting to bomb Bronx synagogues and ordered jurors to continue their deliberations.

Declan McCullagh asserts that during the trial, the judge sealed the entire court file, forbade the defense from issuing subpoenas to witnesses, granted the prosecution significant latitude in making negative suggestions about Bell's character, and refused requests for a mistrial.

We are not asking for a mistrial".

In a letter sent to Justice Bartley on Tuesday, the defense restated its reasons for requesting a mistrial and for the threatened juror to be questioned.