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Relevant Evidence

By Baker Associates

Evidence is what it is all about in criminal cases. What a criminal case basically boils down to is whether the state or federal government can introduce enough evidence in an effective manner to convince a jury that the defendant is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt of committing every element of the offense charged. Thus, the admission or exclusion of one piece of evidence, particularly if it is something of great importance like security-camera video or a murder weapon, can dictate the outcome of the entire trial. There are basically two criteria for determining whether or not evidence will be admitted into the record for the jury?s consideration at trial: (1) relevance and (2) admissibility. Both the federal and Tennessee rules of evidence require that both of these elements be satisfied before evidence can be used at trial...continue to full post

Full post as published by Tennessee Criminal Lawyer Blog on July 13, 2010 (boomark / email).