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The reason for this is that to allow opinion evidence would be to usurp the fact finding duties of either a jury - in criminal trials - or of the Judge. [1]: 526 Thus, a witness is allowed to testify that he saw a suspect waiting on a street corner at a specified time, but not that he believed the suspect 'looked shady', or was 'up to no good ...
John D. Tomlinson (December 3, 1929 – July 1, 1992) was an American politician and businessman. Tomlinson was born in Oak Park, Illinois. He served in the United States Navy from 1952 to 1955 and was a supply officer. Tomlinson received his bachelor's degree in chemical engineering from the University of Minnesota in 1955.
White House staff members typically handle the vetting and recommending of potential Supreme Court nominees. [6] In practice, the task of conducting background research on and preparing profiles of possible candidates for the Supreme Court is among the first taken on by an incoming president's staff, vacancy or not. [7]
Defense attorney Mariell Lehman called James Crumbley’s sister, Karen Crumbley, to testify as the only defense witness. Karen Crumbley, sister of James Crumbley, testifies in court on March 13 ...
Voir dire (/ ˈ v w ɑːr d ɪər /; often / v ɔɪ r d aɪər /; from an Anglo-Norman term in common law meaning "to speak the truth") is a legal term for procedures during a trial that help a judge decide certain issues: Prospective jurors are questioned to decide whether they can be fair and impartial.
Apr. 25—A Superior Court judge will not allow eight criminal defendants to take the stand as part of a trial on a lawsuit filed by a former resident of the Youth Development Center alleging ...
A visiting judge is a judge appointed to hear a case as a member of a court to which he or she does not ordinarily belong. In United States federal courts, this is referred to as an assignment "by designation" of the Chief Justice of the United States (for inter-circuit assignments) or the Circuit Chief Judge (for intra-circuit assignments), and is authorized by 28 U.S.C. § 292 (for active ...
The new district court judges are Judge Stephanie Goodenow of Lenexa, who will serve on the new Division 20; Judge Catherine Decena Triplett of De Soto, new Division 21; and Judge Jason Billam of ...