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  2. Anders v. California - Wikipedia

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    Anders v. California, 386 U.S. 738 (1967), was a United States Supreme Court case in which a court-appointed attorney filed a motion to withdraw from the appeal of a criminal case because of his belief that any grounds for appeal were frivolous.

  3. Frye standard - Wikipedia

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    In United States law, the Frye standard, Frye test, or general acceptance test is a judicial test used in some U.S. state courts to determine the admissibility of scientific evidence. It provides that expert opinion based on a scientific technique is admissible only when the technique is generally accepted as reliable in the relevant scientific ...

  4. Huddleston v. United States - Wikipedia

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    United States, 485 U.S. 681 (1988), was a case in which the United States Supreme Court held that before admitting evidence of extrinsic acts under Rule 404(b) of the Federal Rules of Evidence, federal courts should assess the evidence's sufficiency under Federal Rule of Evidence 104(b). Under 104(b), "[w]hen the relevancy of evidence depends ...

  5. Giles v. California - Wikipedia

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    Giles v. California, 554 U.S. 353 (2008), was a case decided by the Supreme Court of the United States that held that for testimonial statements to be admissible under the forfeiture exception to hearsay, the defendant must have intended to make the witness unavailable for trial.

  6. Ker v. California - Wikipedia

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    California, 374 U.S. 23 (1963), was a case before the United States Supreme Court, which incorporated the Fourth Amendment's protections against illegal search and seizure. The case was decided on June 10, 1963, by a vote of 5–4.

  7. Lorraine v. Markel American Insurance Co. - Wikipedia

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    Furthermore, the fact that ESI is admissible for one purpose does not automatically mean that it is also admissible for another purpose. In the case of Lorraine v. Markel, the evidence meets the requirements in these rules as it helps in determining the scope of the arbitration agreement. See also United States v. Safavian on admissibility of e ...

  8. Gilbert v. California - Wikipedia

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    Gilbert v. California, 388 U.S. 263 (1967), was an important decision of the Supreme Court of the United States, which was argued February 15–16, 1967, and decided June 12, 1967. The case involved Fourth Amendment and Fifth Amendment rights, the taking of handwriting exemplars, in-court identifications and warrantless searches.

  9. Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc. - Wikipedia

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    The Federal Rules of Evidence govern the admission of scientific evidence in a trial held in federal court. They require the trial judge to act as a gatekeeper before admitting the evidence, determining that the evidence is scientifically valid and relevant to the case at hand. Court membership; Chief Justice William Rehnquist Associate Justices