September 24, 2018

#Law140: Evidence Basics, Part 1 (Episode 83)

42 minutes

The regular assortment of criminal justice f*ckery had to be delayed a few days to accommodate life. Until then, we’ve got the first of a several-part series on the Rules of Evidence and how they play out in the discussion of Brett Kavanaugh’s nomination to the Supreme Court!

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Show Notes:

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Trump Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh has been accused of attempted rape (NY Times)

And waving his schlong in a drunk girl’s face (The New Yorker)

And gang rape? (Twitter)

NC’s Pattern Jury Instruction on Direct vs Circumstantial Evidence (UNC School of Government)

FRE 401 on Relevant Evidence (LII)

FRE 402 on Admissibility of Evidence (LII)

FRE 403 on Excluding Relevant Evidence (LII)

Our earlier episode on scientific evidence (Fsck #12)

Sprint/United Management Co v Mendelsohn (Oyez)

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