Plaintiff Preston, who had been injured in an automobile col…
Plaintiff Preston, who had been injured in an automobile collision, sued for damages. Defendant Davis denied negligence and denied that Preston’s injuries were severe. At trial, Preston has offered in evidence a color photograph of himself made from a videotape taken by a television news crew at the collision scene. Preston has demonstrated that the videotape has since been routinely reused by the television station and that the footage of Preston was erased. The photograph shows Preston moments after the collision, with his bloodied head protruding at a grotesque angle through his car’s broken windshield.Should the photograph be admitted over Davis’s objection?
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A bank was robbed on May 12. As the perpetrator escaped, she was struck in the right leg by a bullet fired by a bank guard. In September, the police arrested Diana at the home of her mother and charged Diana with the bank robbery.At trial, the prosecution called Diana’s mother to the stand and asked her if Diana had a surface wound on her right leg when she came home on May 12. Diana’s mother answered, “No.” The prosecution then asked the mother if she had been convicted of bank robbery five years earlier and sentenced to two years in a federal penitentiary. In fact, Diana’s mother had been so convicted, and the prosecution possessed a certified copy of that conviction. Diana’s attorney objected.Should the trial court allow the questions?
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