Sentences with phrase «something prejudicial»

As a general rule of thumb, these biases must have existed from sources not related to the court room (i.e. the Judge says something prejudicial to the press or in passing and evidence to that prejudice can be shown).

Finally, where a juror knows or learns something prejudicial to a defendant, for example that he has criminal convictions, this does not amount to partiality to the prosecution case or consequent partiality in that juror.