Sentence examples for unduly prejudicial from inspiring English sources
He said the statements were chosen by prosecutors "because these statements are the ones that are the most unduly prejudicial".
Judge Jane Marum Roush had excluded a tape of the call from the main part of the trial as unduly prejudicial.
"To admit evidence of the DOJ investigation for any purpose would be unduly prejudicial," they wrote in the filing, "because the jury might incorrectly assume defendants have admitted to or been found guilty of antitrust violations".
A district court, he said, should make a "fact-intensive, context-specific inquiry" to determine the relevance of the evidence and whether it might be unduly prejudicial to the defendant.
"My view on this issue remains the same as at our last hearing, that is, that it is unduly prejudicial and distracting for the jury to learn that Ms. Gannon was a porn star," Judge Wood said during a March hearing.
According to the judge, even if the evidence is relevant, this can be outweighed if it is unduly prejudicial or confusing to the jury.
And there are other alternatives, much less drastic and prejudicial to the witness than the complete exclusion of his counsel, which might provide satisfactory protection for the witness without unduly impairing the efficiency of the examination.
That seems unduly pessimistic.
