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| Accessorial (Accomplice) Liability |
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| Accomplice as witness (see Witness, Accomplice) |
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| Admission (see Confession) |
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| Admonitions to Jury (see Jury Admonitions) |
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| Adverse Inference: Missing, Lost, Destroyed Evidence |
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| Adverse Inference: Missing Rosario |
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| Adverse Inference: Missing Witness |
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| Agency Defense |
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| Alibi Defense |
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| Burden of Proof, with an affirmative defense; Reasonable Doubt |
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| Burden of Proof, without an affirmative defense; Reasonable Doubt |
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| Causation-Death |
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| Causation-Injury |
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| Chain of Custody |
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| Character Evidence |
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| Circumstantial Evidence |
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| Closed-circuit Television |
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| Confession |
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| Consciousness of Guilt |
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| Corroboration of Sex Offense |
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| Corroboration of Confession |
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| Corroboration of Unsworn Witness |
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| Credibility |
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| Culpable Mental States (see Intent, Knowingly) |
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| Deadlocked Jury (see Jury Deadlocked) |
| Defendant Absent from Trial |
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| Defendant Does Not Testify |
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| Defendant In Custody |
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| Defendant Is Disruptive |
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Defenses(see Agency, Alibi, Duress, Entrapment, Insanity, Intoxication, Justification, Renunciation)
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| Deliberation Procedures |
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| Duress Defense |
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| Dying Declaration |
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| Entrapment Defense |
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| Evidence, Circumstantial (see Circumstantial Evidence) |
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| Evidence, Defined |
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| Evidence from Inference |
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| Expert, Crime Victim Syndrome |
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| Expert, Drug Traffic |
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| Expert, In General |
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| Extreme Emotional Disturbance Defense |
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| Foreperson's Role (see Jury, Foreperson's Role Explained) |
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| Geographical Jurisdiction, Common Carrier |
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| Geographical Jurisdiction, Conduct Outside County |
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| Geographical Jurisdiction, Conduct Within County |
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| Geographical Jurisdiction, Private Vehicle |
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| Grand Jury Selection & Impanelment Instructions |
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| Hearsay-Not for its truth |
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| Hypnosis (see Witness, Underwent Hypnosis) |
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| Identification (One Witness) |
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| Identification (Witness Plus) |
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| Identification by Pictorial Representation |
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| Identification by Non-eyewitness of Video/Photo |
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| Implicit Bias |
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| Inconsistent Statements |
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| Indictment Is Not Evidence |
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| Inference Explained (see Evidence from Inference) |
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| Insanity Defense |
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| Intent |
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| Interested Witness |
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| Interpreter for Defendant, Witness, Juror |
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| Intoxication Defense |
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| Justification, Emergency Measure |
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| Justification of Person by Deadly Physical Force |
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Justification of Person by Physical Force |
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Justification to Prevent: Arson |
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Justification to Prevent: Burglary |
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| Justification to Prevent: Criminal Trespass |
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| Justification to Prevent: Damage to Premises |
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| Justification, Victim of Certain Felonies |
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| Juror, Alternate - Discharge or Retention during deliberations |
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| Juror Substitution |
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| Juror Expertise |
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| Jury Admonitions - In General |
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| Jury Admonitions - Combined Jury and Bench Trial |
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| Jury Admonitions - Multiple Juries |
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| Jury, Counts Not Submitted to |
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| Jury Deadlocked |
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| Jury Discharged |
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| Jury, Exhibits, Readback, Question During Deliberations |
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| Jury, Foreperson's Role Explained |
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Jury Instructions - Model - Voir Dire, Preliminary, Final |
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| Jury Not to Consider Sentence |
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| Jury Note-Taking |
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| Jury Questions of Witness |
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| Jury Role compared to Court Role |
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| Jury Separation During Deliberations |
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| Knowingly |
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| Lawfulness of Stop, Arrest, Search & Seizure |
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Lesser Included Offense |
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| Molineux Limiting Instruction |
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| Motive, when not an element |
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| Multiple Defendants |
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| Multiple Separate Transactions of Same Offense |
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| Note-Taking (see Jury Note-Taking) |
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| Partial Verdict |
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| Photographs, Upsetting |
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| Possession, Physical and Constructive |
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| Possession, Recent, Exclusive |
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| Possession, Temporary and Lawful Defense |
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| Possession, Voluntary |
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| Possession, Voluntary Surrender Defense |
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| Presumption of Innocence (see Burdern of Proof) |
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| Prompt Outcry |
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| Pro-se Defendant |
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| Reasonable Doubt (see Burden of Proof) |
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| Renunciation (Affirmative Defense) |
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| Statement (see Confession) |
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| Summation Rules |
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| Territorial Jurisdiction of NY |
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Venue (see Geographical Jurisdiction) |
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| Verdict Sheet Explained |
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| Verdict Sheet, Models |
| Voluntary Act |
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| Witness, Accomplice, as a Matter of Fact |
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| Witness, Accomplice, as a Matter of Law |
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| Witness, Pre-trial Preparation |
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| Witness, Refusal to Answer, Effect on Witness Credibility |
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| Witness, Refusal to Answer, Requires Testimony Stricken |
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| Witness, Testifying by Closed-circuit Television |
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| Witness, Underwent Hypnosis |
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| Witness, Unsworn (see Corroboration of a Witness) |
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| Written Instructions to Jury |
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