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The trial court has broad discretion to bar abusive, humiliating, and harassing questions.
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Contributed in 2009 by Peter Tillers
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Although proof of criminal guilt can rest on chains of inferences, such pyramided inferences must be reasonable.United States v. Summers, 414 F.3d 1287, pin? (10th Cir. 2005) ("'Viewing the evidence in its entirety, a conviction must be grounded on more than a suspicion of guilt. United States v. Fox, 902 F.2d 1508, 1513 (10th Cir.....
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Although proof of criminal guilt can rest on chains of inferences, such pyramided inferences must be reasonable.vouch for authority for rule...
If a statement is offered against a criminal defendant, the statement qualifies as a statement against interest for purposes of the federal hearsay...United States v. Maliszewski, 161 F.3d 992, 1009 (6th Cir. 1998) (upholding trial court's admission of the testimony of witness Mireles [about defendant's repeated statements made by her dead husband] as a statement against....
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If a statement is offered against a criminal defendant, the statement qualifies as a statement against interest for purposes of the federal hearsay exception for statements against interest only if there is corroborating evidence of the trustworthiness of the statement. vouch for authority for rule...
A party seeking to take advantage of the doctrine of curative admissibility -- to introduce inadmissible evidence to counter an opponent's use of...Nguyen v. Southwest Leasing & Rental, Inc., 282 F.3d 1061, 1068 (9th Cir. 2002) (holding, in plantiffs' personal injury action against defendant tire manufacturer, that testimony of defendant tire manufacturer's employee about the quality....
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A party seeking to take advantage of the doctrine of curative admissibility -- to introduce inadmissible evidence to counter an opponent's use of inadmissible evidence -- must have objected to opponent's use of inadmissible evidence.