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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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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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Molineu 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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