Although relevant, evidence may be excluded if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, confusion of the issues, or misleading the jury, or by considerations of undue delay, waste of time, or needless presentation... Rules of Evidence: Hearings, Ninety-third Congress, First Session - Page 7by United States. Congress. House. Committee on the Judiciary. Special Subcommittee on Reform of Federal Criminal Laws - 1973 - 589 pagesFull view - About this book
| Randall I. Marmor, John J. Tomaine - 2005 - 764 pages
...provides that evidence, although relevant, "may be excluded if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, confusion...or needless presentation of cumulative evidence." 4. Hearsay Within Hearsay Rule 805 of the Federal Rules of Evidence allows the introduction of hearsay... | |
| Vincent S. Walkowiak - 2004 - 528 pages
...Rule 403. EXCLUSION OF RELEVANT EVIDENCE ON GROUNDS OF PREJUDICE, CONFUSION, OR WASTE OF TIME tially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, confusion...time, or needless presentation of cumulative evidence. Rule 501: PRIVILEGES— GENERAL RULE Except as otherwise required by the Constitution of the United... | |
| Ellis B. Murov - 2005 - 388 pages
...Undue Prejudice: "Although relevant, evidence may be excluded if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, confusion...waste of time, or needless presentation of cumulative evidence."46 • Confusion or misleading statements;47 • Cumulative;48 • Delay.49 At the pre-trial... | |
| John E. B. Myers - 2005 - 1154 pages
...of Evidence, uncharged misconduct evidence may be excluded if its probative value "is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, confusion...waste of time, or needless presentation of cumulative evidence."84 There is no doubt that uncharged misconduct evidence can prejudice defendants.85 The California... | |
| James W. McElhaney - 2005 - 802 pages
...language in Rule 403. The bias is in favor of admissibility unless the probative value is "substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, confusion...delay, waste of time, or needless presentation of needless evidence." Third, if the witness is the defendant in a criminal case, everything is the same... | |
| Y. Ian Noy, Waldemar Karwowski - 2004 - 1031 pages
...excluded if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, :onfusion of the issues, or misleading the jury, or by considerations of undue delay, waste of time, or r :edless presentation of cumulative evidence" (US House of Representatives, Committee on Judiciary,... | |
| Roger J. R. Levesque - 2006 - 746 pages
...Finally, Rule 403 permits the exclusion of relevant evidence "if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, confusion of the issues, or misleading the jury . ..." Judge Weinstein has explained: "Expert evidence can be both powerful and quite misleading because... | |
| Paul H. Robinson, Michael T. Cahill - 2005 - 336 pages
...R. Evid. 403 ("Although relevant, evidence may be excluded if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, confusion of the issues, or misleading the jury[.]"). 46. See e-mail from Eugene Volokh to "crimprof" list, June 19, 2002. 47. See e-mail from Richard McAdams... | |
| Paul R. Rice - 2005 - 420 pages
...evidence shows that the identified problems cause the probative value of the evidence to be substantially outweighed by the "danger of unfair prejudice, confusion of the issues, or misleading the jury," then the evidence should be excluded under Rule 403. See note 7, supra. 24. In Williford v. State,... | |
| Eric Francis - 2007 - 224 pages
...Rule 403, which allows even relevant evidence to be excluded "if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice, confusion of the issues, or misleading the jury . . ." "Only by viewing the DVD of the staged in-court reenactment, a real-time production of the most... | |
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