E-Discovery LLC

JUNE 28, 2025

Defendant’s objection was overruled. The Appellate Court of Maryland affirmed. The City objected to the admission of the photographs, asserting that those photographs were “not disclosed in discovery.” The [trial] court denied the objection to the admission of the photographs.

Discovery 130

Discovery Cross-Examination Objections Evidence 130

Evidence at Trial

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Code §§ 1521 - 1523) provides a commonsense approach that begins with a simple general rule: "The content of a writing may be proved by otherwise admissible secondary evidence." Even simpler, the secondary evidence rule cannot be used as an end-run around the rules of evidence. The trial court sustained Ms.

Evidence 52

Evidence Arbitration Affidavits Admissibility 52

Practice of Law

SEPTEMBER 5, 2024

Watkins objected to the relevance of these inquiries. Still, the district court allowed them, reasoning that Childs’s testimony had opened the door to character evidence under Federal Rules of Evidence 404 and 405. Watkins moved for a judgment of acquittal two weeks after his conviction, which the district court denied.

Evidence 40

Evidence Admissibility Objections Pleadings 40

E-Discovery LLC

FEBRUARY 25, 2025

19, 2025)(Emphasis added), the court wrote: Throughout his responses, Canales objects to OPWs requests on the ground that they are not reasonably calculated to lead to the discovery of admissible evidence. The phrase was deleted from the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure by the December 2015 amendments. citation omitted].

Interrogatories 130

Interrogatories Objections Discovery Admissibility 130

Evidence at Trial

JANUARY 30, 2023

Party admission? In addition to knowing the enumerated exceptions, trial lawyers must know an as-important hearsay exception found outside this list: the rule of completeness. Mr. Lawley argued that the above statements were admissible as declarations against interest (Cal. The Court affirmed the trial court’s rulings.

Admissibility 52

Admissibility Evidence Witnesses Court Rules 52

Evidence at Trial

NOVEMBER 27, 2021

There's reference to an out-of-court statement? But with hearsay having so many exceptions, the most obvious objection may not be the most effective. But Strobel is important reading because it illustrates that even when Sanchez applies ( i.e. , a hearsay objection is sustained), you need to have a "Plan B" in mind.

Evidence 52

Evidence Witnesses Jury Instructions Objections 52

Evidence at Trial

MARCH 22, 2023

Must-Know Rule #2: A Substitute for Evidence Cannot Bypass Relevance Like any rule of evidence, the details mustn't swallow the whole. Just because something is judicially noticeable does not mean it's admissible. American Prairie involved an appeal of a district court ruling that found John Hoich personally liable for $2.5

Evidence 52

Evidence Witnesses Hearsay Rule Admissibility 52