Sentences with phrase «relevant in a jury trial»

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Edie Greene, a psychologist at the University of Colorado in Colorado Springs, instead suggests that the case should be split into separate liability and damages trials, so that the jury only receives the relevant facts — a process known as bifurcation.

The sagacity of juries is perhaps best captured by a bit of advice from a juror in a criminal trial whose comment is relevant to every litigator: «Make your point and move on — we are reasonably intelligent people and have been paying attention to the testimony.»

Indiana Trial Rule 403 goes on to state in part that even relevant evidence can be excluded if its probative value is outweighed by certain dangers of unfair prejudice, confusing the issues or misleading the jury.

That means taking steps that include showing emojis in relevant opinions, making emojis and emoticons searchable in legal research engines such as Nexis and Westlaw, and letting juries review them as part of trial evidence.

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While there is no clear rule of law that a qualified identification standing alone will never amount to sufficient evidence of identification to support a committal to stand trial, in my view, when I consider the relevant case law, the qualified identification given by Mr. Crane, without some other evidence, is not sufficient evidence to amount to some evidence of identification that a properly instructed jury, acting reasonably, could convict on.

Another reason to hire an attorney to assist you in resolving your insurance claim is because attorneys have a whole toolbox available that the average person does not, such as filing a lawsuit, forcing the insurance company to turn over all relevant documents related to your claim, or even taking your claim to a jury trial if the insurer refuses to fairly compensate you.

It follows that the evidence of vehicle damage was relevant on this issue and the trial judge did not err in instructing the jury that they could use it as circumstantial evidence.

The line of authorities on the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE 1984), s 74 (admissibility of guilty plea of co-accused) as distilled in the judgment of Lord Justice Staughton in R v Kempster, [1989] 1 WLR 1125, [1990] 90 Cr App R 14 (indicating that s 74 should be applied sparingly, because the evidence that a now absent co-accused has pleaded guilty may carry enormous weight in the minds of the jury, but it is nevertheless evidence which can not properly be tested in the trial of the remaining defendant) remains relevant despite the passing of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (CJA 2003).

In assessing the adequacy of a jury charge, the Court of Appeal must ask if the jury would have understood the issues of fact, the relevant legal principles, how the facts relate to the law, and the positions of the parties based on the trial judge's remarks.