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Whether it violates Alabama Rule of Professional Conduct 3.7(a) for a sole practitioner to tape record a statement from a witness without having a third person present. The prosecutor seeks a hearing to disqualify counsel because the prosecutor intends to call defense counsel as a witness about the statement, apparently no matter what the statement says or whether there is a bona fide issue of voluntariness of the statement.
Webinar on recantation evidence and its uses for innocence claims.
The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers is pleased to submit our comments on the proposed amendments to Rules 611, 613, 804 and 1006 of the Federal Rules of Evidence.
Comments to the Judicial Conference of the United States Practice & Procedure Committee regarding proposed amendments to Federal Rules of Evidence 106, 615, and 702.
Letter to the Judicial Conference Standing Committee on Rules of Practice and Procedure regarding proposed changes to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure and Federal Rules of Evidence.
Letter to the Judicial Conference Standing Committee on Rules of Practice & Procedure regarding proposed rule changes to the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure, Federal Rules of Evidence, and Federal Rules of Appellate Procedure.
The broad issue here is differential diagnosis v. differential etiology. Basically, doctors should not testify as to how an injury occurred. Their expertise is limited to and so should their testimony be limited to diagnosing the injury. The opinion is very well written and provides a pretty good road map of how the lawyers attached the testimony. It has broad implications. Both the opinion and the filings are attached.
A document on the psychology of recantation and strategies for dealing with various types of witnesses.
Amicus curiae brief of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers.
