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Supreme Court of Kansas Finds (Non-Reversible) Error in Prosecution Presenting Evidence That Husband Used Deceased Wife’s Life Insurance Proceeds to Buy a Sex Doll
By Colin Miller
The recent opinion of the Supreme Court of Kansas in State v. Trickle, 2026 WL 2672272 (Kan. 2026) starts with this provocative paragraph: Was Kristen Trickle murdered in her sleep…
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Supreme Court: How to appreciate evidence if there is motive for committing murder of deceased?
By Law Web
There is also enough evidence adduced by the Prosecution to hold that the Appellants had the clear motive to eliminate the Deceased. An illicit/incestuous relationship between Accused No. -1 i.e.,…
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Supreme Court: How much weightage is to be given to evidence of doctor conducting post-mortem than to statements made in the textbooks?
By Law Web
We are disposed to think so when we weigh the medical testimony vis-a-vis the ocular testimony. There is no dispute that the value of medical evidence is only corroborative. It…
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Supreme Court: How to appreciate evidence of prosecution if weapon of offence is not shown to doctor to obtain his opinion?
By Law Web
A very relevant piece of evidence which has been noticed by the High Court, but not given due consideration, is that apart from the blood-stained knife (Ex. P-3) and certain…
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Supreme Court: Weapon of offence must be shown to medical witness and his opinion must be obtained whether injuries were caused to the victim by that weapon
By Law Web
The same has been again asserted by this Court in Ishwar Singh v. State of U.P. MANU/SC/0120/1976 : (1976) 4 SCC 355 by observing as under:It is the duty of…
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Supreme Court: How to appreciate evidence if there is contradiction in injuries found by doctor who examined victim first and doctor who examined him subsequently
By Law Web
The prosecution examined PW8-Dr. Sarika Gadekar at Exhibit-108 who medically treated the injured-PW1 at MGM Hospital, Aurangabad on 11.06.2014. The PW8 deposed that PW1-Sikandar Baig narrated the history of the…
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Supreme Court: How to appreciate prosecution evidence if there is discrepancy in oral evidence and medical evidence?
By Law Web
In order to test the veracity of the prosecution witnesses we find that one of the eye witnesses, namely, Waryam Singh has deposed that Gurmej Kaur, the wife of the…
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Supreme Court: When a First Information Report is delayed and is ante-timed and ante-dated, it loses its value
By Law Web
Investigation of the case was conducted by PW-4 in a slip-shod manner. PW-4 did not explain as to why the original general diary was not produced. In terms of the…
North Carolina Divorce Lawyers Blog
If a Judge Copies Your Statement Into a Protective Order, Will It Hold Up on Appeal? (Part 2 of 2)
The previous blog discussed the facts of Jay v. Jay. What Did the Courts Decide in Jay v. Jay? Both the Court of Appeals (in 2025) and the North Carolina…
Searcy Law Blog
Can Vehicle Data Prove Who Caused a Car Accident in Florida?
By Searcy Law
Vehicle data can often prove who caused a car accident. Modern vehicles generate and store extraordinary amounts of data, and this data can be extremely useful for proving who was…