A recent and significant amendment to Federal Rule of Evidence 807, known as the residual exception, took effect on Dec. 1, 2019. Rule 807 has historically allowed an argument for the admissibility ...

During trial, lawyers make many strategic decisions to try to appeal to a jury. For example, they consider not only the substance of the evidence they present, but also the emotional impact of that ...

Every few years, the New York Court of Appeals considers an evidence issue that would make a challenging law school exam question. This year's case is People v. Tapia, 2019 WL 1440800, decided earlier ...

Retired Judge Paul Grimm speaks during the 2023 American Association for the Advancement of Science's Scientific Evidence and the Courts conference. Findings from algorithms as well as any content ...

Admissibility of Non-US Evidence at Trial in the US An examination of issues related to the admissibility of evidence obtained in a foreign country for use at trial in the US, including admission ...

MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) - Hennepin County Judge Peter Cahill ruled Friday some evidence related to George Floyd's 2019 arrest, including a portion of the accompanying body camera video, is admissible in ...

In a precedential decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit has ruled that because a warrant for a man suspected of child molestation—which included an assumption that he likely ...

In December, a federal judge dismissed 50,000 Zantac cases because the scientific evidence establishing cancer causation didn’t pass legal muster. In March, a California state judge reached the ...

GRAND FALLS-WINDSOR, Newfoundland — The judge in the trial of a Wyoming County woman accused of criminal negligence causing death in the shooting of her husband has ruled an audio statement Mary Beth ...

Prosecutors are limited in how they may reference Michael Cohen’s past guilty pleas during former President Donald Trump’s hush money trial, but these restrictions have not stopped them from finding ...