In 1995, Federal Rule of Evidence 413 became law. It states that “[in] a criminal prosecution in which a defendant is accused of a sexual assault, the court may admit evidence that the defendant ...

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 ...

It has now been over six months since the amendment to Federal Rule of Evidence 702 regarding the admissibility of expert testimony went into effect on Dec. 1, 2023. That amendment clarifies that: (1) ...

Carmen Jack Giordano addresses holdings in which an original video recording has been destroyed or is otherwise unavailable and secondary evidence is offered in lieu of the original. New York courts ...

Seeing is believing, and that’s a problem when it comes to deepfake evidence in court. We’ve already remarked on the many instances where careless use of generative artificial intelligence is flooding ...

Hearsay evidence refers to testimony offered in court based on what another person has said and offered to prove the truth of the matter asserted. Courts generally prohibit hearsay evidence due to ...

This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Prosecutors and ...

The managing judge of the High Court battle that opened up the Post Office Horizon scandal has warned that while current rules on digital evidence need to change, they should not simply revert to ...

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