By Spencer Farris BridgeTower Media Newswires My high school coach told me that for every advantage you gain, there are disadvantages. I remember this clearly — as a bench warmer, I wasn’t distracted by playing when the coach was philosophizing. ...

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  In my previous column I discussed the shift in the tone of recent appellate decisions that have interpreted and addressed the intersection of N.C. Gen. Stat. § 90-21.12, Rule 9(j), and Rule 702 of the Rules of Evidence in ...

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Although prosecutors may have been improperly suggestive when they showed photos and videos of a shooting suspect to an eyewitness while preparing her to testify, that wasn’t enough to overturn the suspect’s conviction because the witness’ identification originated when she ...

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BY KENNETH R. BERMAN Two recent court decisions — one from each coast — show why conventional witness preparation needs a warning label: Use at your own risk.  The first one, the Qualcomm case, shows how conventional approaches to witness ...

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