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Criminal Law: Death Penalty-Voir Dire-Photographic Evidence
(1)Where a defendant in a first-degree murder case challenged his death sentence, the trial court did not abuse its discretion by sustaining the state’s motion to strike a prospective juror for cause because the juror’s ambiguous statements created uncertainty about whether the juror could apply capital punishment, and the judgment is affirmed because the trial […]
Criminal Law : Photographic Evidence – Search Warrant – Scope
U.S. v. Merrell (MLW No. 69917/Case No. 15-3211 – 11 pages) (U.S. Court of Appeals, 8th Circuit, Murphy, J.)
Criminal Law : Photographic Evidence – Authenticating Witness
State v. Brownlee (MLW No. 69806/Case No. ED103624 – 5 pages) (Missouri Court of Appeals, Eastern District, Odenwald, J.)
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