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EvidenceProf Blog
Lost Spouse, Lost Privilege?: Pennsylvania Cold Case Murder Trial Involves Interesting Spousal Privilege Issues
By Colin Miller
An upcoming cold case murder trial for a man charged with the beating death and robbery of a Pennsylvania adult video store clerk should involve some interesting spousal privilege issues. …
Employment & Labor
Supreme Court Issues “Opinion” on “Me Too” Evidence…Sort Of: Sprint v. Mendelsohn
In Sprint v. Mendelsohn, the U.S. Supreme Court held that admission of "me too" evidence in discrimination cases is fact based and "depends on many factors...." Plaintiff, who was 51…
EvidenceProf Blog
Unlimited: Alaska Case Reveals The Futility Of Limiting Instructions For Common Plan Evidence
By Colin Miller
The recent opinion of the Supreme Court of Alaska in Sowinski v. Walker, 2008 WL 5413724 (Alaska 2008), reveals that a litigant must ask for a limiting instruction to receive…
EvidenceProf Blog
The Crime And The Cover-Up: Court Of Appeals Lays Out The Contours Of The Co-Conspirator Admissions In Drug Bust Appeal
By Colin Miller
The recent opinion of the Court of Appeals of Minnesota in Custer v. State, 2008 WL 533517 (Minn.App. 2008), reveals that a statement can qualify as a co-conspirator admission if…
EvidenceProf Blog
Extreme Measures: Court Of Appeals Of North Carolina Fails To Explain New Evidentiary Rule In Affirming Medical Malpractice Ruling
By Colin Miller
The recent opinion of the Court of Appeals of North Carolina in Cornett v. Watauga Surgical Group, P.A., 2008 WL 5214375 (N.C.App. 2008), reveals that North Carolina has a strange…
International Law Prof Blog
Questioning Witnesses About Their Immigration Status
How extensively should U.S. federal court judges question witnesses about the circumstances of how they entered the United States? Click here to read a thought-provoking post on this issue from…
EvidenceProf Blog
Robbery Wihout Motive: Missouri Court Of Appeals Finds That Drug Evidence Was Improperly Admitted In Christmas Eve Robbery Trial
By Colin Miller
The recent opinion of the Missouri Court of Appeals in State v. Allen, 2008 WL 5054693 (Mo.App. W. D. 2008), reveals that simply because character evidence is relevant to some…
Sentencing Law and Policy
Plot thickens in allegations of prosecutorial misconduct in Senator Stevens’ case
Main December 22, 2008Plot thickens in allegations of prosecutorial misconduct in Senator Stevens' caseAs detailed in this new piece in the Washington Times and this post from The BLT, the…
International Law Prof Blog
ICTY Trial Chamber Orders Prosecution to Disclose Evidence to Karadzic
The International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia ordered disclosure to Radovan Karadzic of any written or recorded evidence the prosecution may have concerning an alleged meeting in July 1996…
LawSites
Top 10 Expert Witness Cases of 2008
I wrote this for IMS ExpertServices: Top 10 Expert Witness Cases of 2008. I read a lot of cases and heard from a variety of sources. Let me know if…