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Is a “Composite” Video Admissible and Can a Police Officer “Narrate” It at Trial? – Part 1 of 2

E-Discovery LLC

This first blog addresses the admissibility of a “composite” video prepared by the prosecution. These videos were admitted into evidence without objection and were contained in about 30 video exhibits. Second , while the source materials “need not be introduced into evidence,” they must be “otherwise admissible.” at 533-34. “We

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Is a “Composite” Video Admissible and Can a Police Officer “Narrate” It at Trial? – Part 2 of 2

E-Discovery LLC

A prior blog addressed the admissibility of a “composite” video prepared by the prosecution. The State responded that the detectives were allowed “to contextualize the sequence of clips in the summary exhibit based on their personal knowledge of the local geography and locations of various cameras.” State , 261 Md. State, 261 Md.

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Do You Have to Ask an Opponent for a Privilege Log?

E-Discovery LLC

There were several other discovery disputes and the parties submitted emails, exhibits, and a declaration. Defendants added: According to Defendants, while the parties conducted multiple telephone conferences thereafter regarding Plaintiffs’ complaints as to Defendants’ discovery responses, the privilege log issue was never raised….

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Persuasive Shortcuts: Document Summaries In Federal and California Courts

Evidence at Trial

These thousands of pages were relevant and admissible. Even assuming the other party stipulated to the documents' admissibility (they didn't), was there a clear, concise, and nonboring way to communicate the substance of this evidence to the jury? This exhibit would be clear, concise and nonboring. But would it be admissible?

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Why Depositions Matter More

The Cloud Court Blog

In litigation, they often take testimony from witnesses prior to trial as part of the evidentiary discovery process.[ii] They know that if they fail to obtain an admission from a witness, or fail to vigorously defend their own, those failures have consequences measured in dollars. It could be $100,000, or it could be in the millions.

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Understanding Jury Duty and Misconduct in the Legal Arena

Jury Analyst

Prejudiced jurors might exhibit partiality towards a party based on race, gender, religion, or other intrinsic characteristics, thereby violating the principle of impartiality. Ignoring Admissibility of Evidence Sometimes jurors consider evidence the court has ruled inadmissible, casting doubt on their verdicts.