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- 1From:Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada)Byline: MICHAEL TUTTON; THE CANADIAN PRESS HALIFAX -- The spouse of the gunman in the Nova Scotia mass shooting will testify mid-July before a public inquiry, but she won't face direct questions from lawyers...
- 2From:GP Solo eReport (Vol. 11, Issue 11)Reprinted with permission from Criminal Justice, Volume 36, Number 1, Spring 2021, at 5659. [c] 2022 by the American Bar Association. All rights reserved. This information or any or portion thereof may not be copied or...
- 3From:Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada)Byline: SEAN FINE, Staff Lead Enhanced protections for the privacy of sexual-assault complainants in federal law have undermined long-held rights of accused persons, including protections against self-incrimination,...
- 4From:All Things ConsideredTo listen to this broadcast, click here: BYLINE: ADRIAN FLORIDO HOST: AILSA CHANG AILSA CHANG: After two weeks of witness testimony in the trial of Derek Chauvin for the murder of George Floyd, the prosecution...
- 5From:Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada)Byline: SEAN FINE, Staff Lead JUSTICE WRITER A federal law protecting sexualassault complainants from being "ambushed" in court by e-mails or notes they wrote to the accused faces a major test at the Supreme Court...
- 6From:Virginia Lawyers WeeklyByline: Paul Fletcher Even though he was hired by a lawyer and not an insurance company, a doctor can be cross-examined about his financial relationship with the carrier, the Supreme Court of Virginia has ruled. That...
- 7From:The SciTech Lawyer (Vol. 16, Issue 4)Technological advancement is changing the world. Just a few decades ago, only the earliest adopters owned a computer; today, 96 percent of Americans own a phone with more computing power than the vessel that catapulted...
- 8From:Criminal Litigation (Vol. 18, Issue 2)While watching her father cross-examine a witness in To Kill a Mockingbird, Scout Finch invokes the first rule of cross-examination that most lawyers--Atticus Finch included--learn: "Never, never, never, on...
- 9From:GP Solo eReport (Vol. 7, Issue 2)Lawyers often find themselves facing off against psychiatrists or psychologists during litigation. Whether it's a personal injury or medical malpractice case, a hearing to determine fitness to stand trial or part of a...
- 10From:Virginia Lawyers WeeklyByline: Deborah Elkins At defendant's trial for assault on a law enforcement officer and related charges, the trial court did not err when it permitted a witness to read his entire witness statement in open court;...
- 11From:Washingtonpost.comByline: Wesley Yiin Like all good enrichment experiences, this one ends with a game. After roughly 30 minutes of learning the basics of cross-examination -- a crucial skill for competitive policy debate -- the...
- 12From:Rhode Island Lawyers WeeklyByline: Tom Egan The Rhode Island Supreme Court has awarded a new trial to a criminal defendant whose trial counsel was denied an opportunity to present an opening statement to the jury. The court noted that an...
- 13From:Virginia Lawyers WeeklyByline: Deborah Elkins A defendant convicted of firearm possession as a felon cannot overturn that conviction with a claim that the trial court erred in not allowing him to cross-examine a prosecution witness -...
- 14From:Massachusetts Lawyers WeeklyByline: Brian Moriarty
In the lore of trial work, particularly Hollywood's version, the most dramatic moment is the cross-examination of a hostile witness. The jury, the gallery and, of course, the TV audience is...
- 15From:Rhode Island Lawyers WeeklyByline: Brian Moriarty
In the lore of trial work, particularly Hollywood's version, the most dramatic moment is the cross-examination of a hostile witness. The jury, the gallery and, of course, the TV audience is...
- 16From:The New York TimesA central government witness in the case against a man charged with killing two undercover police detectives during a 2003 gun deal on Staten Island has changed parts of his story, according to federal prosecutors in...
- 17From:Globe & Mail (Toronto, Canada)Byline: The Associated Press San Francisco -- Federal prosecutors briefly moved disgraced sprinter Marion Jones from a Texas prison to the San Francisco Bay area three months ago in case they needed her to testify...
- 18From:The New York TimesThe Supreme Court ruled in 2009 that crime lab reports cannot be used against criminal defendants unless the analysts responsible for them are subject to cross-examination. On Monday, the court's 5-to-4 majority sharply...
- 19From:The New York Times (Vol. 157, Issue 54236)The commanding officer of the detectives charged in the fatal shooting of Sean Bell testified on Friday that believing he was under fire, he drew his gun and pointed it toward the passenger windows of his car that...
- 20From:Virginia Lawyers WeeklyByline: Brian Moriarty In the lore of trial work, particularly Hollywood's version, the most dramatic moment is the cross-examination of a hostile witness. The jury, the gallery and, of course, the TV audience is...