{"podcast":{"title":"Swear on the Stand","slug":"swear-on-the-stand-7111404","podcast_index_feed_id":7111404,"rss_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/fddb5314/podcast/rss","website_url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/danielswear","image_url":"https://d3t3ozftmdmh3i.cloudfront.net/staging/podcast_uploaded_nologo/42490093/42490093-1732466737482-64af1021e8b8d.jpg","author":"Daniel W. Swear","episode_count":193,"summary":"Court decisions are complex and difficult to digest. This podcast is designed to educating listeners on current legal decisions in a fun and interesting way. Researched by me and produced with the assistance of AI.","last_synced_at":"2026-07-10T22:18:10.447360+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/swear-on-the-stand-7111404"},"episode":{"title":"The Omission of Acquittal: State v. Michael Steven White","slug":"the-omission-of-acquittal-state-v-michael-steven-white","published_at":"2026-04-21T14:00:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/swear-on-the-stand-7111404/the-omission-of-acquittal-state-v-michael-steven-white","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/swear-on-the-stand-7111404","url":"https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/danielswear/episodes/The-Omission-of-Acquittal-State-v--Michael-Steven-White-e3i2utb","audio_url":"https://anchor.fm/s/fddb5314/podcast/play/118634859/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-3-17%2Febaf9f47-f080-ebf0-77e9-c46b42b87674.m4a","summary":"The Supreme Court of Louisiana recently reversed the burglary convictions of Michael Steven White because the written verdict form provided to the jury failed to include a "not guilty" option. Although the trial judge gave correct verbal instructions, the written form listed only guilty , guilty of attempted simple burglary , and guilty as the possible responses. The majority opinion determined that omitting the presumption of innocence from the final deliberation document was a patent error that potentially influenced the jury’s decision-making process. Evidence of juror confusion during polling further convinced the court that the mistake was not harmless, despite the state's claims of overwhelming evidence. While a concurring justice argued the error was structural and required an automatic new trial, a dissenting justice maintained that the trial's overall context made the omission harmless. Ultimately, the court vacated White's twenty-year sentence and remanded the case for a new trial to protect his constitutional rights.","meta_description":"The Supreme Court of Louisiana recently reversed the burglary convictions of Michael Steven White because the written verdict form provided to the jury fa…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":3352,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/swear-on-the-stand-7111404/episodes/the-omission-of-acquittal-state-v-michael-steven-white/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/swear-on-the-stand-7111404/the-omission-of-acquittal-state-v-michael-steven-white.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}