"This is to demonstrate that the appropriate use of illustrative aids, demonstrative evidence, and summaries of voluminous materials remains unclear," write Michael A. Kaplan and Christopher Dernbach ...

It isn't news that eyewitness testimony is sometimes inaccurate. What might be news, however, is that significant research makes plain that it is often wrong, even when the eyewitness believes they ...

There is an adage that lawyers learn the version of the rules of evidence and procedure that are current when they are in law school and then do not look at them again. While that is (hopefully) an ...

Federal Rule of Evidence (FRE) 702, which governs expert testimony in federal court, is getting a facelift. The amended FRE 702 goes into effect later this year. In this Update, we review what has ...

Longtime readers will recall that every so often, I would go on a "rant" about how many federal judges were ignoring the text of Federal Rule of Evidence 702, as amended in 2000. Instead, they were ...

From Turner v. State, decided Thursday by the Arkansas Supreme Court (in an opinion by Justice Shawn Womack): The evidence presented at trial establishes the following account of events. On April 26, ...

Bryan Kohberger, who is accused of killing four University of Idaho students, is escorted to an extradition hearing at the Monroe County Courthouse in Stroudsburg, Pa., Tuesday, Jan. 3, 2023. (AP ...

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (WCIA) — Former Sangamon County Sheriff’s Deputy Sean Grayson was in court Friday afternoon, as a judge ruled on what evidence will be allowed for his trial next month. Last summer, ...

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Prosecutors and attorneys for a man charged in the killings of four University of Idaho students in 2022 argued some of the final ground rules they want for Bryan Kohberger’s trial ...