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Evidence case briefs
3 briefs in 3 topics. Each one gives the facts, issue and holding, IRAC and CREAC versions, key quotes with pinpoint pages and the citation in the book’s form.
Relevance
Relevance on its own pageOld Chief v. United States
Old Chief v. United States, 519 U.S. 172 (1997).
Does a district court abuse its discretion under Federal Rule of Evidence 403 by admitting the full record of a prior conviction solely to prove the prior-felon element of 18 U. S. C. §922(g)(1), when the defendant offers to concede the fact of that conviction and the name or nature of the offense risks unfair prejudice?
Supreme Court of the United States
Confrontation
Confrontation on its own pageCrawford v. Washington
Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004).
Does the admission of an unavailable witness's tape-recorded testimonial statement against a criminal defendant violate the Sixth Amendment's Confrontation Clause when the defendant had no prior opportunity to cross-examine the witness, even if a court finds the statement reliable under judicial balancing tests?
Supreme Court of the United States
Expert testimony
Expert testimony on its own pageDaubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharms., Inc., 509 U.S. 579 (1993).
Did the Federal Rules of Evidence supersede the Frye general acceptance standard for the admission of expert scientific testimony in federal trials?
Supreme Court of the United States