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Supreme Court Rules On Statements Against Interest, The , Michael M. Martin Jan 1994

Supreme Court Rules On Statements Against Interest, The , Michael M. Martin

Faculty Scholarship

Reliability has been defined as "worthy of dependence" or "of proven consistency in producing satisfactory results." It is a common concept as well as a quality for which individuals search in their everyday transactions, such as purchasing a car or selecting an express delivery service. It similarly shapes the rules of evidence pertaining to hearsay. Beth common law and modem evidentiary codes ban the admission of extrajudicial statements offered to prove the truth of a matter asserted because they are not made under oath, in the presence of the trier of fact, and subject to cross-examination. Without these safeguards, the …


Character Impeachment Evidence: The Asymmetrical Interaction Between Personality And Situation, Richard D. Friedman Jan 1994

Character Impeachment Evidence: The Asymmetrical Interaction Between Personality And Situation, Richard D. Friedman

Articles

In Part I of this Comment, I present a short version of my argument against the admissibility of character impeachment evidence of criminal defendants, showing how the key elements ofthis argument are present in Professor Uviller's own Article. In Part II, I suggest that, notwithstanding Professor Uviller's comments to the contrary, an asymmetrical result-never admitting character evidence to impeach criminal defendants but admitting such evidence in some circumstances to impeach other witnesses- is perfectly reasonable. Finally, in Part III, I contend that Professor Uviller's interesting judicial surveys support the solution I have proposed for the problem of character impeachment evidence.


Polygraph Evidence: Part I, Paul C. Giannelli Jan 1994

Polygraph Evidence: Part I, Paul C. Giannelli

Faculty Publications

No abstract provided.


Money Laundering And Drug Trafficking: A Question Of Understanding The Elements Of The Crime And The Use Of Circumstantial Evidence, Thomas M. Dibiagio Jan 1994

Money Laundering And Drug Trafficking: A Question Of Understanding The Elements Of The Crime And The Use Of Circumstantial Evidence, Thomas M. Dibiagio

University of Richmond Law Review

Drug trafficking in the United States generates millions of dollars in cash profits daily. The cash generated from narcotics trafficking usually follows one of two distinct paths. Domestically, the profits are converted into usable currency by disguising the association between the cash and the narcotics enterprise. Monies not spent domestically are transferred back to the nar- cotics source or drug cartel to be enjoyed by the drug traffickers and to provide operating capital for the enterprise. This conversion and transfer process has become known commonly as money laundering.


Right To Counsel: People V. West Jan 1994

Right To Counsel: People V. West

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Character Evidence, James L. Kainen Jan 1994

Character Evidence, James L. Kainen

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Coconspirator Statements And Former Testimony In New York And Federal Courts With Some Comments On Codification, Randolph N. Jonakait Jan 1994

Coconspirator Statements And Former Testimony In New York And Federal Courts With Some Comments On Codification, Randolph N. Jonakait

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Expert Testimony, Barry C. Scheck Jan 1994

Expert Testimony, Barry C. Scheck

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Trances, Trials, And Tribulations, Gary M. Shaw Jan 1994

Trances, Trials, And Tribulations, Gary M. Shaw

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Panel Discussion Jan 1994

Panel Discussion

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


The Supreme Court Rules On Statements Against Interest, Michael M. Martin Jan 1994

The Supreme Court Rules On Statements Against Interest, Michael M. Martin

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Symposium Comparing New York And Federal Evidence Law: Introduction, Honorable George C. Pratt Jan 1994

Symposium Comparing New York And Federal Evidence Law: Introduction, Honorable George C. Pratt

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Federal Rule Of Evidence 407: Should It Apply To Products Liability?, Patricia A. Brass Jan 1994

Federal Rule Of Evidence 407: Should It Apply To Products Liability?, Patricia A. Brass

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


A Comparison Of The Federal And New York State Rape Shield Statutes, Deborah Stavile Bartel Jan 1994

A Comparison Of The Federal And New York State Rape Shield Statutes, Deborah Stavile Bartel

Touro Law Review

No abstract provided.


Taking The Sizzle Out Of The Frye Rule: Daubert V. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Opens The Door To Novel Expert Testimony, Kimberly Ann Satterwhite Jan 1994

Taking The Sizzle Out Of The Frye Rule: Daubert V. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Opens The Door To Novel Expert Testimony, Kimberly Ann Satterwhite

University of Richmond Law Review

In Frye v. United States, the Court of Appeals of the District of Columbia affirmed a trial court's exclusion of lie detector test results on the ground that such tests had not been "generally accepted" by the scientific community. The Frye rule, or "general acceptance" standard, quickly became the dominant test for the admission of scientific evidence. Decided in 1923, Frye governed evidentiary decisions in a majority of federal circuits for the next seventy years. The adoption of the Federal Rules of Evidence in 1975, however, prompted several judges to question the validity of Frye. Since the enactment of the …


The Hague Evidence Convention: The Need For Guidance On Procedures And Resolution Of Conflicts In Transnational Discovery, John C. Plaster Jan 1994

The Hague Evidence Convention: The Need For Guidance On Procedures And Resolution Of Conflicts In Transnational Discovery, John C. Plaster

Vanderbilt Journal of Transnational Law

As international commercial disputes become more common, United States courts increasingly face difficult issues involved in transnational discovery. Two frequently encountered issues are choosing whether to use the discovery procedures of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or the Hague Evidence Convention and whether to enforce a discovery order when the order conflicts with a law of the state in which discovery is to occur. Although the Supreme Court has addressed both of these issues, it has left lower courts considerable discretion to deal with these issues case by case. Lower courts, therefore, have not been uniform in their approaches …


Discovery In The Real World, Minna J. Kotkin Jan 1994

Discovery In The Real World, Minna J. Kotkin

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


The Consent Exception To The Warrant Requirement, H. Patrick Furman Jan 1994

The Consent Exception To The Warrant Requirement, H. Patrick Furman

Publications

No abstract provided.


The Meaning Of Daubert And What That Means For Forensic Science, Randolph N. Jonakait Jan 1994

The Meaning Of Daubert And What That Means For Forensic Science, Randolph N. Jonakait

Articles & Chapters

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The Death And Transfiguration Of Frye, Richard D. Friedman Jan 1994

The Death And Transfiguration Of Frye, Richard D. Friedman

Articles

The rule of Frye v. United States was seventy years old, and had long dominated American law on the question of how well established a scientific principle must be for it to provide the basis for expert testimony. Even after the passage of the Federal Rules of Evidence, several of the federal circuits, as well as various states, purported to adhere to Frye's "general acceptance" standard. But now, unanimously, briefly, and with no apparent angst, the United States Supreme Court has held in Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. that the Frye rule is incompatible with the Federal Rules.


Impeachment And Rehabilitation Under The Maryland Rules Of Evidence: An Attorney's Guide, Paul W. Grimm Jan 1994

Impeachment And Rehabilitation Under The Maryland Rules Of Evidence: An Attorney's Guide, Paul W. Grimm

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Check Your Crystal Ball At The Courthouse Door, Please: Exploring The Past, Understanding The Present, And Worrying About The Future Of Scientific Evidence, David L. Faigman, Elise Porter, Michael J. Saks Jan 1994

Check Your Crystal Ball At The Courthouse Door, Please: Exploring The Past, Understanding The Present, And Worrying About The Future Of Scientific Evidence, David L. Faigman, Elise Porter, Michael J. Saks

Faculty Scholarship

No abstract provided.


Trances, Trials, And Tribulations; Symposium Comparing New York And Federal Evidence Law, Gary Shaw Jan 1994

Trances, Trials, And Tribulations; Symposium Comparing New York And Federal Evidence Law, Gary Shaw

Scholarly Works

A transcript of the author’s remarks at a 1994 symposium comparing New York and Federal Laws regarding hypnosis and witness testimony.