All Articles tagged admissibility

• General
  January 09, 2023 EDT
  FORCE OF HABIT? CONSIDERING THE RELEVANCE OF POST-INCIDENT EVIDENCE UNDER FEDERAL RULE OF EVIDENCE 406
  Marc D. GinsbergHugh M. Mundy

  This article reviews case law to determine if courts simply agree that the use of post-incident conduct to prove habit is illogical.

• Justice Commentaries
  September 27, 2020 EDT
  THE BITE MARK DENTISTS AND THE COUNTERATTACK ON FORENSIC SCIENCE REFORM
  Marvin ZalmanJames Windell

  The resistance to scientific challenge by the forensic odontologists in their editorial, Epidermis and Enamel, reflects the rear guard defensiveness displayed by other forensic analysts and unprogressive prosecutors.

• Justice Commentaries
  July 17, 2018 EDT
  EXAMINING THE ROLE OF SCIENCE IN THE COURTROOM: ADMISSIBILITY AND RELIABILITY OF FORENSIC SCIENCE IN THE COURTROOM
  Maryam HamiraniItiel E. DrorRuth M. Morgan

  The lack of a scientific foundation behind many of the methods used to analyze and communicate the value of evidence is review in this article.

• General
  March 23, 2015 EDT
  IT’S TIME TO CONFESS THAT BROWN V. ILLINOIS ISN’T WORKING: PURGING THE TAINT FROM THE SUPREME COURT’S ATTENUATION JURISPRUDENCE
  Meredith L. Dedopoulos

  This note dissects the Brown framework and examines how subsequent Supreme Court jurisprudence has modified this framework.

• New York Appeals
  March 03, 2012 EDT
  THE ADMISSIBILITY OF EXPERT OPINION AND THE BASES OF EXPERT OPINION IN SEX OFFENDER CIVIL MANAGEMENT TRIALS IN NEW YORK
  Colleen D. Duffy

  This article addresses NY‘s Sex Offender Management and Treatment Act and the role expert opinion plays in the trial of such cases.