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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

499 (2024), addressed introduction of a “composite” video as summary evidence and the use of police officers’ testimony describing it. Maps of the neighborhoods were admitted into evidence, showing the locations of the cameras by number and direction each camera was facing. The court admitted the composite video over objection.

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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. c)(2) contentions, in reviewing the briefs and exhibits, it is evident that the communication issues addressed in the court’s January 11, 2024 order have not been resolved. Plaintiffs argued that Fed.R.Civ.P.

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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

499 (2024), addressed introduction of a “composite” video as summary evidence and the use of police officers’ testimony describing it. 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.”

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A SIMPLE SUMMARY OF TRIAL CONCEPTS

Plaintiff Trial Lawyer Tips

Decisions are not simply made on the basis of intellectual analysis of the testimony and evidence. In my experience jurors have consistently objected to attorney anger, unprofessional or disrespectful conduct. The primary factors prevail over facts, evidence and logical reasoning. Emotion plays a huge role. Case framing.

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Felder: Part 1 of 4:  Court-Ordered Transcription of “Meet and Confer” Session

E-Discovery LLC

Because the Court has a duty to preserve the integrity of the judicial process and to potentially consequence a party who exhibits bad faith in the process, Plaintiff was granted leave to file a motion for sanctions, so that she could clearly articulate and demonstrate the need for sanctions. Plaintiff later complained of lack of depositions.

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Persuasive Shortcuts: Document Summaries In Federal and California Courts

Evidence at Trial

— Franklin Delano Roosevelt Too often in jury trials, attorneys mistakenly think getting evidence admitted is a dry and mechanical process separate and apart from the task of persuasion. They understand that every stage of trial should have the same objective: to argue your case to the jury. But would it be admissible?

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Word Processing Wars

E-Discovery LLC

Accordingly, Defendant’s Opposition and attached exhibits are hereby STRICKEN from the record, and Plaintiff’s Motion, currently set for hearing on October 21, 2013, is TAKEN OFF CALENDAR. Another court imposed a limit in the midst of a dispute: “Saber objects to Larkin’s excessive use of footnotes. Smucker Co.,

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