Stephens v. Miller

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Defendant's right to testify in his or her own defense is not absolute and may be limited to protect other legitimate interests. Res gestae.

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White v. Illinois

Excited utterance. Confrontation Clause does not require a showing of necessity before statements may be admitted under a hearsay exception.

Chambers v. Mississippi

State evidentiary rules may not be applied in such a manner as to deny a defendant right to present witnesses in his own defense.

Seiler v. Lucasfilm

Best evidence rule. When contents of written document or equivalent are at issue, contents must be proved by original document unless original is unavailable for some reason that is not fault of proponent. Infringement.

Prior Bad Acts Are Relevant Evidence

United States v. DeGeorge; inextricably intertwined with a charged offense; may be admitted if constitutes a part of the transaction that serves as basis for criminal charge, or for coherent and comprehensive story regarding commission of crime.

Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause

Crawford v. Washington; for out-of-court statement to be admitted into evidence, the witness must be unavailable and the defendant must have had a prior opportunity to cross-examine the declarant.

Journalists Must Reveal Sources To Grand Juries

In Re: Grand Jury Subpoena, Judith Miller; no First Amendment privilege that protects journalists from providing evidence to a grand jury.

Attorney-Client Privilege Inadvertent Waiver

Koch Foods of Alabama, LLC v. General Electric Capital Corp.; totality of the circumstances balancing test determines whether client confidentiality waived.

Confrontation Clause

People v. Moreno; defendant forfeits his Sixth Amendment right of confrontation if he wrongfully keeps a witness from testifying at trial, but it must be proven defendant's actions were intended to make witness unavailable; confrontation clause.

Crime Fraud Exception

United States v. Zolin; The court should undertake an in camera review of evidence to determine if the crime-fraud exception will bar a claim of attorney-client privilege.

Crime Lab Testimony

Bullcoming v. New Mexico; Confrontation Clause; surrogate testimony; right to confront the lab analyst who certified a forensic laboratory report; right to cross-examination; DUI; DWI; blood alcohol level.

Expert on Eyewitness Testimony

State v. Guilbert; Testimony by a qualified expert on the fallibility of eyewitness identification is admissible when the testimony would aid the jury in evaluating the state's identification evidence.

Emergency Statements

People v. Sergio; Tarasoff exception; statement to the EMT ambulance drivers were not doctor patient privilege; physician patient privilege.

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