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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. Neither of the testifying detectives witnessed the events about which they testified. at 538. The Maryland Supreme Court recently held that a witness can authenticate a video that contains images the witness did not see.

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Top 5 Tips: Taking Depositions in a Post-Pandemic World

Attorney at Work

Exchanging exhibits during a remote deposition or trial is a crucial component that is often not addressed in web-conferencing tools. Additional accommodations must be in place for a way to introduced and distribute exhibits. These can often be addressed by an exhibit-specific tool used in conjunction with the web-conferencing tool.

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How to Prepare for Your First Mock Trial

Jonathan Leach LLC

This includes case briefs, witness statements, exhibits, and relevant statutes or legal precedents. Summarize the facts, jot down key points from witness statements, and organize notes for easy reference later. Plan your direct and cross-examinations of witnesses.

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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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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

of federal civil matters are resolved at trial[i] Litigators always depose witnesses before a trial – if there is a trial You will almost never depose a witness more than once – so you get one shot to take or defend that deposition well But why do depositions matter more? All because of the strength and weakness of witness testimony.

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Lawmatics and The Innocence Center Partner Up to Improve Access to Justice

Lawmatics

Bad eye-witness identifications - Eye-witness identifications can be subjective and prone to error. It's well lit if somebody, a well-dressed woman runs in here and steals Mike's laptop off the table and runs out, and law enforcement comes immediately in and says, you all are witnesses. Tell me what you saw. We finally did that.

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