Opinion · Supreme Court of the United States

In re Polyak

484 U.S. 952

Type
Opinion
Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Jurisdiction
Federal
Date
1987-11-16
Topic
general

How later courts describe this case

  • stating that a jury argument is not improper so long as it does not "travel into the fields of conjecture or personal opinion"
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Citator

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C. A. 6th Cir. Petition for writ of common-law certiorari denied.