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rsdsharp

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6. All testimony is prejudicial. Otherwise there's no point in offering it.

Reply to birdographer (Reply #3)

Tue May 7, 2024, 03:10 PM

May 7

The standard is not prejudice, but undue prejudice. This is a case about falsifying business records to hide a payoff to hush up the fact that he had sex with a porn star. You gotta have testimony that the sex actually happened, and the circumstances that led to it.

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When the defense asks for a mistrial [View all] Mr.WeRP May 7 OP

LOL Yup, basically saying "You Guys Suck at This" Beetwasher. May 7 #1

If TFG understands what the judge said, he's gonna lose his shit on Blanche RockRaven May 7 #2

Unless... Happy Hoosier May 7 #12

Defense is still yammering on birdographer May 7 #3

All testimony is prejudicial. Otherwise there's no point in offering it. rsdsharp May 7 #6

Ok, but is this level of detail necessary? Raven123 May 7 #9

Apparently Judge Merchan doesn't think so, because he's granted some motions to strike parts of her testimony. rsdsharp May 7 #11

Sure is a head scratcher Raven123 May 7 #15

My fear is what happened with Weinstein will happen here. Teenage Dirtbag May 8 #19

I have the same concern. Raven123 May 8 #20

Law School 101: testimony can be relevant yet excluded as being prejudicial onenote May 8 #17

The Judge is the LAW when in the Courtroom. His word is final. ProudMNDemocrat May 8 #18

Excellent point. Freethinker65 May 7 #4

The appellate court judges are probably laughing. Traurigkeit May 7 #10

Exactly Johnny2X2X May 7 #5

Won't TFG plead inadequate defense? Raven123 May 7 #7

He'll do that goddamn shit from a jail cell as he waits for transport to fucking prison. SoFlaBro May 7 #8

Proving that is incredibly difficult Mr.WeRP May 7 #13

Thank you Raven123 May 7 #14

Anybody else want to throw the remote through the tv when that trump-humping impeachment hack Robert Ray is word Comfortably_Numb May 7 #16