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Defendants conviction was not against the manifest weight of the evidence and was supported by sufficient evidence in the record. Trial counsel was not ineffective for not requesting a jury instruction for manslaughter where defendant denied committing the murder. Counsels cross-examination of witnesses did not amount to ineffective assistance of counsel. Any error in the admission of hearsay testimony was harmless where the defense cross-examined the declarant who denied making the statement.
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Muzzammil "Mo" Hassan finally got his wish Monday as he began representing himself at his murder trial, creating a level of weirdness and a flurry of objections by the prosecution to his lengthy and often repetitive cross-examination of witnesses. But by the end of the trial's fourth day of testimony in Erie County Court, what riveted jurors was not Hassan's proficiency -- or lack thereof -- at self-representation, but rather the brutal post-murder pictures, the bags of police evidence and a series of dark images taken from the surveillance cameras at Bridges TV, the network founded by Hassan and his wife, the day she was beheaded in the Orchard Park studio.
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Criminal LawDiscovery Violation Sanction Saliva Test(1)Where a defendant failed to turn over notes made by an investigator and the trial court sanctioned him by excluding the testimony of the investigator and by excluding cross examination of witnesses regarding their contact with the investigator, the testimony would not have provided evidence to impeach the victim in any substantially different way than had already been accomplished, so the defendant did not show that the sanction was fundamentally unfair.(2)Where a defendant challenged the admission of evidence from a Rapid Stain Identification test for saliva in a sodomy and assault case, the defendant conceded to the admission of the tests, so he waived appellate review, but the trial court erred in entering a written sentence and ...
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - did not pick stocks alone. He had a team of researchers at hishedge fund to grind through the rumor mill and anticipate a good bet. This is the thrust of every cross-examination of government witnesses at Mr. Rajaratnam's insider trading trial in New York. His lawyers contend that research and market speculation, not material company secrets, guided his trades.
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CRIMINAL LAW - cross-examination of key witnesses, prior reference to victim witness minor misdemeanor improper and prejudicial, videotape deposition, state failed to demonstrate unavailability, prior conviction essential element of an offense, joint stipulation of words actually employed in statute, prior bad acts not offered for truth of matter asserted but as circumstantial evidence pistol was under appellant's control, ineffective assistance of counsel, sufficiency of the evidence, manifest weight.
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Trial judges can order expert witnesses to surrender records of their income derived from testifying, Maryland's top court held unanimously Monday. Such records may be necessary to enable opposing counsel, on cross-examination, to show the witnesses' pecuniary bias, the Court of Appeals said. For example, the experts' oral testimony regarding their income from testifying might be lower than their financial statements indicate, the court added.
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Trial court did not abuse its discretion in limiting cross-examination of some States witnesses based on hearsay and other factors. Cross-examination of two other witnesses was unduly restricted, but those errors were harmless beyond a reasonable doubt due to the strength of the evidence against the defendant. Indictment for aggravated robbery was not defective. Jury instruction that might have caused confusion among the jurors was not objected to and did not constitute plain error. Judgment affirmed.
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ROCKVILLE, Md. (AP) - John Allen Muhammad hid his defense strategy from his former attorneys, holding it so close that he fired them rather than reveal how he planned to prove his self- professed innocence in six Washington-area sniper killings. Two weeks into his second trial in the October 2002 killings, the prosecution is still calling witnesses and Muhammad has yet to begin his defense. But some of his plan has trickled out through his statements in court and cross-examination of witnesses.
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Outside the scope of cross-examination; restricting the time allowed for cross-examination of witnesses by plaintiff; The trial court has wide latitude in controlling the conduct of cross-examination as well as the trial. In addition, the trial court’s rulings and actions did not show bias or prejudice toward plaintiff. The court also did not err in admitting evidence of the decedent’s depression and suicidal comments, as these matters were relevant both to medical treatment and to loss of consortium claims. Defense counsel did not commit misconduct that deprived plaintiff of a fair trial. Instead, defense counsel’s questions were admissible and appropriate. Finally, the court did not err in rejecting plaintiff’s motion to file depositions after trial, as plaintiff failed to show ...
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LAS VEGAS -- O.J. Simpson's lawyers cited judicial errors and insufficient evidence Friday in seeking a new trial for the former football star, who was convicted of kidnapping and robbing two sports memorabilia dealers at gunpoint in a casino hotel room. Simpson should be granted a new trial," attorney Gabriel Grasso wrote in a motion faulting Clark County District Judge Jackie Glass' decisions during jury selection, her limitations on cross- examination of witnesses during trial and her instructions to jurors before deliberations.
