Q14872 / key B
Rule 403: Fit Before Drama
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Open case study ->▌ 403 BALANCING AND INSURANCE PURPOSE TRAPS
Discretionary exclusion
Relevant evidence can still lose when unfair prejudice or waste substantially outweighs value.
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Q14875 / key C
Rule 403: The Missing Factor
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Open case study ->Q14899 / key C
Polygraph Reference: Strike the Answer
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Open case study ->Q17130 / key C
Bias Proof Without a Mini-Trial
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Open case study ->Q18503 / key B
Stipulation Reduces the 403 Need
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Open case study ->▌ Key Samples + Proof Drills
Gold Key / Q14872
GK-EVIDENCE-403-PHOTOS-01
Graphic or unpleasant photos can be admitted when they help an expert explain a disputed consequential fact; Rule 403 excludes only when unfair prejudice or confusion substantially outweighs probative value.
Gold Key / Q14872
GK-EVIDENCE-SIMILAR-EXPERIMENTS-01
A test or demonstration is weak when the conditions that matter are not sufficiently similar to the litigated event.
Silver Key / Q14872
SK-EVIDENCE-OFFERED-PURPOSE-01
For an admissibility question, read the offered purpose before reacting to the evidence's emotional force.
Gold Key / Q14875
GK-EVIDENCE-403-ENUMERATED-DANGERS-01
Rule 403 weighs probative value against unfair prejudice, confusing the issues, misleading the jury, undue delay, wasting time, or needlessly cumulative evidence.
Proof drill / Q14872
Propensity Cut
A civil defendant offers old driving citations to prove a party drove fast during the accident. What is the first Evidence cut?
Cut it as propensity evidence.
Proof drill / Q14875
403 List Drill
Name three Rule 403 dangers besides unfair prejudice.
Confusing the issues, misleading the jury, undue delay, wasting time, or needless cumulative evidence.
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01 Relevance
02 Exclusion of Relevant Evidence
03 Discretionary exclusion
TRAP KEY SEED
What this page must catch
Making 403 a simple relevance test instead of a weighted exclusion rule.
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