Sentences with phrase «special jury instructions»

Why is eyewitness testimony so unreliable that even without police misconduct it requires special jury instructions or a pretrial hearing?

Another court explains that «the applicable remedy analysis for a Brady violation is as follows: (1) a Brady violation requires a remedy of a new trial; (2) such new trial may require striking evidence, a special jury instruction, or other additional curative measures tailored to address persistent prejudice; and (3) if the lingering prejudice of a Brady violation has removed all possibility that the defendant could receive a new trial that is fair, the indictment must be dismissed.

The judge rejected plaintiff's request for a special jury instruction notifying jurors that the merits of the case — not her motive — were the issue they were responsible for deciding.

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«A criminal defendant, we hold, need not request special interrogatories, nor need he acquiesce in the Government's request for discrete findings by the jury, in order to preserve in full a timely - raised objection to jury instructions,» Justice J. Ginsburg wrote in her explanation of the court's decision.

Its panel ruled that since the defendants rejected the prosecutor's suggestion for a special verdict form, they forfeited their right to object to the jury instructions.

A special thank you goes to Marlo Greer who worked with Steve Shapiro on this case through settlement of the wrongful death claim, and to Amanda Pfeil who handled legal arguments, motions and jury instructions, to Amy Rogers who spent hundreds of hours on deposition summaries and motions and to Melissa Winthers who kept our firm afloat and well managed in the absence of all of its other lawyers!

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During the jury instruction conference, the defendants requested and were granted leave to submit to the jury a special interrogatory.

Your lawyer has numerous documents such as pretrial briefs, proposed jury instructions and special motions about evidence (Motions in Limine) that are prepared as trial nears.

Due to the inherant unreliablity of eyewitness identification, Judges are required to give special instructions to juries when they are considering identification evidence.