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7 Apr 2011, 11:32 am
Dreis & Krump Mfg., 67 N.Y.2d 328, 337, 502 N.Y.S.2d 696, 701, 493 N.E.2d 920, 925 (1986) (noting that industry standards are not dispositive in a negligence action and that the jury should have been instructed to consider industry standards along with all other evidence presented). [read post]
1 Apr 2011, 5:27 am by Russ Bensing
”  One judge in a recent case, though, couldn’t leave it alone, providing in the jury instructions “examples” of reasonable doubt such as “whether one cal tell what a jigsaw puzzle will show despite some missing pieces. [read post]
29 Mar 2011, 12:59 pm by Aaron Pelley
Finding that the absence of such an instruction may have affected the verdict, as the jury could not find that Mr. [read post]
28 Mar 2011, 2:15 pm by Mike
Nava was involved in some criminal activity outside of a bank. [read post]
23 Mar 2011, 8:58 pm by Rick
We do not have cases from a the [sic] standards [sic] first appearances delineating why it was being used. [read post]
22 Mar 2011, 6:12 am by Gideon
In criminal cases, the state’s proof must be more powerful than that: It must be beyond a reasonable doubt. [read post]
14 Mar 2011, 12:52 pm
  And, accordingly, instructed the jury:“Ladies and gentlemen of the jury, before I give you your final set of instructions, I need to clarify certain matters.As I told you before, statements that the attorneys make during argument [are] not evidence. [read post]
14 Mar 2011, 2:31 am by INFORRM
Second, there is a post about the French criminal libel case brought against the editor-in-chief of the European Journal of International Law (EJIL) and its associated Book Review website www.GlobalLawBooks.org over a book review. [read post]
7 Mar 2011, 12:32 pm by Richard Hornsby
Specifically, beginning in 1981, the Florida Supreme Court began adopting and publishing Standard Jury Instructions that were to be used in all all criminal cases. [read post]
7 Mar 2011, 3:41 am by Mirriam Seddiq
  And that's to be determined by - here's Sotomayor.In making the primary purpose determination,standard rules of hearsay, designed to identify some statements as reliable, will be relevant. [read post]
25 Feb 2011, 1:26 pm by Christa Culver
This edition of “Petitions to watch” features cases up for consideration at the Justices’ February 25 conference. [read post]
23 Feb 2011, 12:06 pm by Marc DeGirolami
The quirk about the case was that the trial court gave a jury instruction which tracked the law in the now-overruled, supposedly objective and morally shorn People v. [read post]
18 Feb 2011, 1:38 am by Christa Culver
§ 2246 limit the admissibility of hearsay in a habeas corpus case challenging indefinite imprisonment, potentially for life; (2) whether a preponderance of the evidence standard, rather than a clear and convincing evidence standard, is sufficient under the Due Process Clause of the Constitution and 28 U.S.C. [read post]
14 Feb 2011, 9:38 am by Jeff Gamso
  The jury instruction error is of no legal consequence. [read post]
10 Feb 2011, 12:56 pm by Jessie Canon
A lawyer sleeping during court testimony does not meet this standard. [read post]
8 Feb 2011, 11:16 am by Aaron
Johnson’s motive or intent and instructed the jury on the limits of its use. [read post]
24 Jan 2011, 2:47 pm by Roy Ginsburg
(This is a much less onerous burden than the “proof beyond a reasonable doubt” standard applicable in criminal cases.) [read post]