Questions tagged [rules-of-evidence]
Rules that apply to the admission of evidence in a trial.
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Is McGee v State of Indiana 131.2 cited in The Verdict a complete fiction?
In the 1982 movie The Verdict (and, possibly, in the original novel as well), the respondent's lawyer cites "McGee v State of Indiana, United States 131.2" (at 1:57:10):
The admission of a ...
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Was the withholding of high-quality drone footage a Brady violation?
In the Kyle Rittenhouse trial, the defence filed a motion for a mistrial during jury deliberations. One of the grounds for a mistrial, they argued, was that a low-resolution recording of the drone ...
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Is it an error for a judge to not consider all pieces of evidence?
A prosecutor attempts to lay charges against an alleged perpetrator (in New Zealand anyone can do this under the private prosecution provisions).
The judge is presented with a set of pieces of ...
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