Add to ORKGIt is an easy matter to state that evidence must be relevant. And it is easy to define relevancy in terms such as prove or disprove, probable inference, logical as well as legal, and pointing with compelling force. But the application of a test or test for relevant evidence is not a matter of definition and black letter law. When dealing with rules of evidence it is undeniable that each case turns on its own facts. This article is devoted to an analysis of relevant evidence in federal criminal cases. I. In General—The Test of Relevancy … Remoteness … Harmless Error … Weight of Proof II. Circumstantial Evidence III. Character and Habit … A. Character in General … B. Evidence to Prove Character … C. Character as Evidentiary of an Ac...
Evidentiary presumptions in law act as shortcuts to rigorous proof. By means of an evidentiary presu...
I. Introduction . . . . . 116 II. Admissibility to Prove Knowledge as Part of a Mental State Require...
On trial in a district court for bribing a federal revenue agent, defendant called five witnesses to...
It is an easy matter to state that evidence must be relevant. And it is easy to define relevancy in ...
Relevancy is the key to the entire analysis of the admissibility of evidence of other crimes, wrongs...
Logically, any code of evidence should start with general rules stating what evidence is admissible ...
Is there a rational theory which serves as a basis for determining the admissibility of circumstanti...
On July 1, 1975, the Federal Rules of Evidence went into effect. President Ford\u27s signature on Pu...
The scope of the general definition of relevant evidence in the Federal Rules of Evidence is ambig...
The admission of a criminal defendant’s prior bad acts can be a powerful tool for attaining a convic...
Within the past fifteen years several broadly-focused articles have identified general constitutiona...
This article examines a case, United States v. Richards, 719 F.3d 746 (7th Cir. 2013), to illustrate...
This article is a discussion of the instances when criminal acts of the accused, occurring both prio...
This article addresses the risk of wrongful convictions in federal conspiracy cases. The article poi...
This Article isolates only two of the many aspects of the Court\u27s labors affecting the acquisitio...
Evidentiary presumptions in law act as shortcuts to rigorous proof. By means of an evidentiary presu...
I. Introduction . . . . . 116 II. Admissibility to Prove Knowledge as Part of a Mental State Require...
On trial in a district court for bribing a federal revenue agent, defendant called five witnesses to...
It is an easy matter to state that evidence must be relevant. And it is easy to define relevancy in ...
Relevancy is the key to the entire analysis of the admissibility of evidence of other crimes, wrongs...
Logically, any code of evidence should start with general rules stating what evidence is admissible ...
Is there a rational theory which serves as a basis for determining the admissibility of circumstanti...
On July 1, 1975, the Federal Rules of Evidence went into effect. President Ford\u27s signature on Pu...
The scope of the general definition of relevant evidence in the Federal Rules of Evidence is ambig...
The admission of a criminal defendant’s prior bad acts can be a powerful tool for attaining a convic...
Within the past fifteen years several broadly-focused articles have identified general constitutiona...
This article examines a case, United States v. Richards, 719 F.3d 746 (7th Cir. 2013), to illustrate...
This article is a discussion of the instances when criminal acts of the accused, occurring both prio...
This article addresses the risk of wrongful convictions in federal conspiracy cases. The article poi...
This Article isolates only two of the many aspects of the Court\u27s labors affecting the acquisitio...
Evidentiary presumptions in law act as shortcuts to rigorous proof. By means of an evidentiary presu...
I. Introduction . . . . . 116 II. Admissibility to Prove Knowledge as Part of a Mental State Require...
On trial in a district court for bribing a federal revenue agent, defendant called five witnesses to...