Some of these cases lightly touch on the rules of evidence, while others make big statements. Click on the links beneath each case for a blog post that briefly describes the evidence issue in the case.

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State v. Prather

https://www.everydayevidence.org/post/s-c-supreme-court-case-expert-testimony-confrontation-clause-hearsay

State v. Simmons

https://www.everydayevidence.org/post/intent-of-the-question-opening-the-door-designed-to-elicit-or-answer-was-gratuitously-given

https://www.everydayevidence.org/post/open-door-doctrine-response-must-be-proportional

State v. Durant

https://www.everydayevidence.org/post/another-404-b-case

State v. Perry

https://www.everydayevidence.org/post/rule-404-b-common-scheme-or-plan-logical-connection-test-not-similarity-test

https://www.everydayevidence.org/post/state-v-wallace-takes-its-final-blow

State v. Cotton

https://www.everydayevidence.org/post/one-more-404-b-case

State v. Williams

https://www.everydayevidence.org/post/an-example-of-why-the-application-of-the-rules-of-evidence-is-difficult

https://www.everydayevidence.org/post/follow-up-opening-the-door-and-proportionality

https://www.everydayevidence.org/post/rule-403-probative-value-and-unfair-prejudice

Ethier v. Fairfield

https://www.everydayevidence.org/post/juror-misconduct-and-rule-of-evidence-606

State v. Phillips

https://www.everydayevidence.org/post/scre-702-daubert-council-hearing

https://www.everydayevidence.org/post/is-the-evidence-probative-under-403-consider-this-question

https://www.everydayevidence.org/post/scre-403-unfair-prejudice-is-separate-analysis-from-confusion-and-misleading

https://www.everydayevidence.org/post/what-is-unfair-prejudice-under-403

SC Human Affairs Commission v. Yang

https://www.everydayevidence.org/post/scre-408-offers-to-compromise

Builders Mutual Insurance Company

https://www.everydayevidence.org/post/scre-411-liability-insurance

State v. Washington

https://www.everydayevidence.org/post/prior-inconsistent-statement-613-801-are-intertwined

Sanders v. SCDMV

https://www.everydayevidence.org/post/hearsay-scre-701-and-statutory-interpretation