Plaintiff appealed from the entry of judgment in favor of defendant in plaintiff’s religious-discrimination and retaliation complaint. Plaintiff challenged the trial court’s evidentiary rulings, including barring plaintiff, during closing argument, from commenting on the absence of witnesses, and also challenged ...

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Defendant appealed his conviction for murder in furtherance of a drug trafficking conspiracy. On appeal, defendant challenged various evidentiary rulings and the district court’s decision to substitute a juror during trial. Where the jury would be required to believe multiple ...

Tagged with: Evidentiary Rulings murder Substitution of Juror

  Defendant appealed from the judgment entered against it in plaintiff’s medical-malpractice action, alleging defendant’s employee physician negligently installed an artificial hip in plaintiff. Defendant argued, among other issues, that the trial court erred in its evidentiary rulings regarding qualifications ...

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U.S. v. Hawkghost (MLW No. 72107/Case No. 17-2978 – 7 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Beam, J.)

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U.S. v. Melton (MLW No. 70994/Case No. 16-3103 – 21 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Riley, J.)

Tagged with: Closing Argument Criminal Law Evidentiary Rulings mail Fraud