Although the hearsay objection is raised, argued against and ruled upon so very recurrently, practice hasn't made perfect, and the concept is widely misunderstood and misapplied. Flawed thinking about ...

Imagine the following scenario: Plaintiff John Smith sues defendant Product Company in a product liability and toxic-tort action in which the alleged exposure took place 40 years ago. During discovery ...

Drew Peterson's late wife Kathleen Savio could be allowed to testify from the grave in his coming murder trial after all. An Illinois Appellate Court reversed a lower court's 2011 decision to limit ...

Butler County prosecutors want to introduce hearsay statements in the case against a Hamilton man charged with rape involving a child. Common Pleas Court Judge Jennifer McElfresh granted a motion in ...

Former special counsel Jack Smith undercut claims made by Cassidy Hutchinson, a former White House aide and Jan. 6 Committee witness, while testifying in a recent deposition to Congress. Smith told ...

Admissibility of Non-US Evidence at Trial in the US An examination of issues related to the admissibility of evidence obtained in a foreign country for use at trial in the US, including admission ...

PHOENIX — A Maricopa County prosecutor says Lori Vallow Daybell’s request for a new trial should be denied because “there was no juror misconduct, no prosecutorial misconduct, no improper exclusion of ...