trial witness

The “Daubert Standard” provides a systematic framework for a trial court judge to assess the reliability and relevance of expert witness testimony before it is presented to a jury. Established in the 1993 U.S. Supreme Court case Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals Inc., 509 U.S.

• EVIDENCE LAW
• Federal Rules of Evidence
• evidence
• trial
• EXPERT WITNESS
• trial witness
• expert testimony

Overview

The Sixth Amendment provides that a person accused of a crime has the right to confront a witness against him or her in a criminal action.  This includes the right to be present at the trial (which is guaranteed by the Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure Rule 43).

• Sixth Amendment
• criminal law
• criminal procedure
• trial witness
• cross-examine
• confrontation clause
• precedent
• STARE DECISIS
• testimonial evidence
• TESTIMONY