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re: Brown charged with 2nd Deg murder as a juvenile?

Posted on 8/18/14 at 5:02 pm to
Posted by Iosh
Bureau of Interstellar Immigration
Member since Dec 2012
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Posted on 8/18/14 at 5:02 pm to
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Any defense attorney is going to use the robbery and any past violent behavior to paint a self defense case at trial and the judge is going to let him do it.
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I'm getting fuzzy on my rules of evidence, but I'm pretty sure past criminal behavior is not admissible at trial. You can't use the past to prove the present.
The answer is "it depends."

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Posted by FightinTigersDammit
Louisiana North
Member since Mar 2006
35078 posts
Posted on 8/18/14 at 5:12 pm to
What does our esteemed President think about revealing sealed court documents?



Not directed to you, Losh, just a general question.
Posted by C
Houston
Member since Dec 2007
27845 posts
Posted on 8/18/14 at 5:31 pm to
I think it can be used in your defense but can't be used by the prosecution as liberally.
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