Posts Tagged ‘rules of evidence’
Even Lawyers Use Lawyers: The Risk of Self-Representation at Trial
Submitted by New Jersey Civil Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark. We have all heard the cliché, “He who represents himself has a fool for a client.” Nevertheless, there are those who find the prospect of representing themselves appealing to save them money or make them look more genuine to a jury. Obviously, we would not perform our…
Read MoreThe Distinction between What You Saw and What You Think You Saw in Testimony
Submitted by New Jersey Drug Crime Lawyer, Jeffrey Hark A reversal and remand for new trial is not extremely common. The prejudicial threshold necessary for a judge to reverse a conviction made by the verdict of a jury is high. But that’s just what happened in State v. Firman, decided May 21, 2015, and this…
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