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Ocelot II

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9. Relevance is relevance, regardless who's looking at it.

Mon Apr 19, 2021, 11:03 PM

Apr 2021

Under the rules of evidence, '"Relevant evidence" means evidence having any tendency to make the existence of any fact that is of consequence to the determination of the action more probable or less probable than it would be without the evidence.' If the defense had wanted to bring it up, the prosecution would have objected on the grounds of relevance, and the objection would have been sustained because whether the bill was counterfeit wouldn't have made any fact of consequence to the determination of Chauvin's guilt - the only issue being tried - more or less probable.

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In the Chauvin trial, was the 20 dollar bill ever proven to be fake? [View all] 70sEraVet Apr 2021 OP

its completely irrelevant drray23 Apr 2021 #1

This StarfishSaver Apr 2021 #2

You are, of course, correct. TomSlick Apr 2021 #3

This is the only answer. WhiskeyGrinder Apr 2021 #6

There it is. dchill Apr 2021 #10

Okay but that doesn't answer the questions left-of-center2012 Apr 2021 #15

I don't think we will ever know..I doubt it is even part of discovery or anything.... LeftInTX Apr 2021 #18

fake enough that a 19 year old clerk stopdiggin Apr 2021 #22

Exactly Mad_Machine76 Apr 2021 #17

yeah -- blind alley -- completely meaningless -(nt)- stopdiggin Apr 2021 #20

IMO it's pretty obvious George Floyd didn't know it was fake. brush Apr 2021 #21

Exactly! Nt ecstatic Apr 2021 #25

Precisely. Doesn't matter. Solly Mack Apr 2021 #24

Interesting question... Mike Nelson Apr 2021 #4

It has no bearing BGBD Apr 2021 #7

I think it was found to be counterfeit when the store clerk ran it through a scanner, Ocelot II Apr 2021 #5

I'll buy that it is an irrelevant question TO THE PROSECUTION 70sEraVet Apr 2021 #8

Relevance is relevance, regardless who's looking at it. Ocelot II Apr 2021 #9

The store clerk said he didn't think Floyd knew it was counterfeit progree Apr 2021 #11

I agree that it is irrelevant Dreampuff Apr 2021 #12

Doesn't matter Retrograde Apr 2021 #13

If it's fake the prosecution would ask to suppress it fescuerescue Apr 2021 #14

I wondered that myself left-of-center2012 Apr 2021 #16

Me , too. LakeArenal Apr 2021 #19

The clerk testified that when he held the bill up Deminpenn Apr 2021 #23

The prosecution mentioned this in their closing Sunsky Apr 2021 #26