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Daniel Coble
- Dec 26, 2019
Is there a common law rule of completeness?
I blogged about this Fourth Circuit case earlier this year, but I must have skipped over the Rule 106 discussion. The defense attempted...
Daniel Coble
- Dec 24, 2019
Reason #24: Domestic Violence Clinic
Domestic Violence Clinic This course will train students to assume the role of lawyer and introduce them to domestic violence law....
Daniel Coble
- Dec 23, 2019
South Carolina Rule of Evidence: 407
RULE 407 SUBSEQUENT REMEDIAL MEASURES When, after an event, measures are taken which, if taken previously, would have made the event less...
Daniel Coble
- Dec 22, 2019
Does 'opening the door' trump Rule 609 and Rule 403
When a defendant presents favorable testimony about his character, the prosecution can likely rebut that testimony with contrary...
Daniel Coble
- Dec 22, 2019
"Limiting Instructions" with 404(b) evidence
In a recent Fourth Circuit case, the court explains the use and need for limiting instructions whenever 404(b) evidence is introduced at...
Daniel Coble
- Dec 17, 2019
Reason #23: Journal of Law and Education
Journal of Law and Education The Journal of Law and Education is edited at the University of South Carolina School of Law and at the...
Daniel Coble
- Dec 16, 2019
South Carolina Rule of Evidence: 406
RULE 406 HABIT; ROUTINE PRACTICE Evidence of the habit of a person or of the routine practice of an organization, whether corroborated or...
Daniel Coble
- Dec 14, 2019
804(b)(1): How much of the former testimony comes in? Some? All?
In this recent SC Court of Appeals case, a defendant was tried twice for burglary. In the first trial, witness A testified. At the...
Daniel Coble
- Dec 13, 2019
Evidence of a prior acquittal...falls under 403
A followup to the recent SC Court of Appeals case: defendant was tried for larceny and burglary. He was acquitted on the larceny and...
Daniel Coble
- Dec 12, 2019
Collateral Estoppel in Criminal Cases
What happens when a defendant is acquitted of one charge but hung on the other? Can the state prosecute the defendant again on the...
Daniel Coble
- Dec 12, 2019
What is a leading question? Federal Rule of Evidence 611(c)
Following up from the unpublished Fourth Circuit opinion earlier this week, the court addresses what is a leading question and if it is...
Daniel Coble
- Dec 11, 2019
Reason #22: Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough Center on Professionalism
Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough Center on Professionalism The Nelson Mullins Riley & Scarborough Center on Professionalism was created...