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The new edition of New York Objections is packed with new and revised text and dozens of new case summaries in each of the 21 chapters in the book. The new text and cases cover a broad range of topics from jury selection to summation. You will find answers to all of these questions, and more:
Can you file an appeal based on the court's ruling on another party's or co-defendant's objection?
Practically speaking, under what circumstances might you decline to request a limiting instruction? What is the risk of this strategy?
Does a defendant's Sixth Amendment right to a public trial encompass public access to voir dire?
Is a defendant entitled to a new jury when the prosecution changes its witness list after jury selection is completed?
What is "implicit bias" and how may it serve as a basis for excusing a juror for cause?
If you object to statements made during opening, what else should you do to ensure that your objection is preserved for appellate review?
When might the introduction of DNA evidence violate the defendant's right of confrontation?
Is a testimonial statement, such as a plea allocution, admissible against a defendant?
Under what circumstances is character evidence of a victim's violent propensity admissible?
What is the scope and substance of New York's Rape Shield Law?
What is the distinction between a formal and an informal judicial admission?
If a witness gives testimony for both parties, whose witness is he?
What is the "reply doctrine" and how does it apply to opinion testimony offered by a lay witness?
Under what circumstances may a juror testify as a witness at the trial at which he or she is a juror?
