JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A judge will allow a jury to hear that Kimberly Kessler bought an electric carving knife, trash bags, cleaning gloves and ammonia during the 24-hour time frame in which she's ...

A Manhattan appeals court reversed the gun possession convictions of two Harlem men Tuesday, saying the trial court had improperly admitted photos of the defendants holding guns and a Facebook message ...

Affidavits originating from a person with close links to the party concerned are of less probative value than third-party affidavits and must thus be supplemented by further objective evidence.

Is the net closing in on Natalie Wood’s killer — 40 years after she supposedly fell off the back of her boat on Catalina Island in California? In a bombshell development, a one-time prosecutor filed a ...

The probative value of the evidence must not be outweighed by its apparent prejudice…. While the direct parties to this appeal - the State and defendant - acquiesce to analyzing this case under the ...

An affidavit, or any statement made under oath, is considered hearsay, self-serving and therefore inadmissible as evidence if the affiant is not presented in court to affirm his statement and be ...

A recent trademark decision by the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand (IPONZ) reveals the importance of submitting reliable and probative evidence in invalidation proceedings, even when the ...

From U.S. v. Salah, decided Tuesday by Judge Dena Coggins (E.D. Cal.): Defendant is charged in the superseding indictment with the following two counts: (1) violating 18 U.S.C. § 1038(a)(1)(A) - False ...

From yesterday’s Second Circuit federal appellate decision in United States v. Pierce: [Melvin] Colon contends that his First Amendment rights were violated when the district court permitted the ...