Courtroom Dialogues
February 18, 2012 in Blog, Law School
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Principles of Evidence – Part 3
August 7, 2011 in Blog, Law School
240 HEARSAY EXCEPTIONS Ch. VII As a general matter, the drafters of the Federal Rules thought that statements falling within the Rule 804 exceptions were not as reliable as live testimony, but superior to no evidence at all.
They built in a preference for the declarant’s live testimony. Read the rest of this entry →
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Principles of Evidence – Part 2
August 7, 2011 in Blog, Law School
§ 3.6 RULES OF RELEVANCE RELATED TO CHARACTER 91 be useful to recall the basic principle that individual items of evidence need not meet the standard of proof that applies to the totality of the evidence.
Although the sum of all the evidence in a criminal case must support belief of the accused’s guilt beyond a reasonable doubt, this standard of proof is not applied to individual items of evidence.
Observe that the use of other (collateral) misconduct evidence is another illustration of the principle of conditional relevance. Read the rest of this entry →
by Daryl
Principles of Evidence – Part 1
August 7, 2011 in Blog, Law School
The ability to recognize, develop, and preserve admissible evidence is essential to becoming a competent lawyer.
The received wisdom is that juries must be shielded from evidence that would be prejudicial or highly inflammatory in order to decrease the likelihood of a verdict prompted by momentary passions or erroneous inferences.
(Although the rules of evidence apply in bench (i.e., judge) trials, many of them are not strictly enforced and appellate reversals of evidentiary rulings in bench trials are rare.’ Read the rest of this entry →
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Corporations Final Finale…
June 19, 2010 in Blog, Law School
I completed my final for Corporations today and now I can say that I am done with the toughest class of school so far. Because of the topics and how close to home they hit with minority shareholder freezeouts it made it very difficult to study sometimes. However, I refuse to allow those who will go unnamed here to stop my legal education.
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Law School Outlines
June 19, 2010 in Blog, Law School
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