32nd Annual Criminal Year Seminar 2014 - Part 1

The Arizona Supreme Court changed the wording of every Rule of Evidence (except one), effective January 1, 2012, to correspond to the revised wording of the Federal Rules of Evidence. Most of these changes were intended to be stylistic only, but some changed the substance of the Rule. Have the Changes to the Rules made any difference?  Find out by attending this special seminar!

For this 32nd Annual seminar, plaintiff's lawyer William Sandweg, defense lawyer William Doyle and Judge McClennen discuss 2013 cases addressing the following areas:

Rule 103(a). Impeach with statements made during plea negotiations and waiver. Duran, 312 P.3d 109.

Rule 106. Remainder of or related writings or recorded statements. Buccheri-Bianca, 312 P.3d 123.

Rule 201(b). Judicial notice of geographical matters. John, 308 P.3d 1208.

Rule 301. Presumption of impartiality for judicial officers. In re Aubuchon, 309 P.3d 886.

Rule 301. Presumption of being under the influence of intoxicating liquor. Cooperman, 282 P.3d 446.

Rule 404(b). Intrinsic evidence. Salamanca, 311 P.3d 1105.

Rule 404(b) and § 13-1421. Evidence relating to victim's chastity. Herrera, 307 P.3d 103.

Rule 611(c). Leading questions. Payne, 314 P.3d 1239.

Rule 702. Need for pretrial hearing. Arizona State Hospital v. Klein, 296 P.3d 1003.

Rule 702. Witness qualifications. McMurtry v. Weatherford Hotel Inc., 293 P.3d 520.

Rule 702. Witness qualifications under A.R.S. § 12-2604. Baker v. University Physicians Health., 296 P.3d 42.

Rule 702. Applicability of A.R.S. § 12-2604 in a disciplinary proceeding. Kahn v. Arizona Med. Bd., 300 P.3d 552.

Rule 702. Polygraph testimony. Perez, 308 P.3d 1189.

Rule 702. Dr. Wendy Dutton and "cold" witness testimony. Salazar-Mercado, 304 P.3d 543 (rev. granted).

Rule 703. Bases of expert's opinion testimony-probative value vs. prejudicial effect. Taylor-Bertling v. Foley, 313 P.3d 537.

Rule 801(d)(2)(B). Statements adopted by party. Taylor-Bertling v. Foley, 313 P.3d 537.

Rule 901(a). Authenticating and Identification. Forde, 315 P.3d 1200.

In addition, the panel will discuss the following 2014cases interpreting the revised Rule 702 governing the admission of expert witness testimony.

Testimony about MRSA and complex regional pain syndrome. Sandretto v. Payson Healthcare, 322 P.3d 168.

Installation of median barrier prior to collision. Glazer, 321 P.3d 470.

Testimony of biomechanical engineer. Harvey v. Phoenix Airport Marriott, 2014 WL 346432 (memo dec.) 

Scottsdale Crime Lab. Bernstein (Herman et al.), 317 P.3d 630.

Use of "Tanner stages of maturity" to estimate age of persons in photographs. Bassett, 2014 WL 860802 (memo dec.).

Retrograde extrapolation. Miller (Madrid), 321 P.3d 454; Foshee, 2014 WL 346110 (memo dec.).

Latent prints. Favela, 2014 WL 1385397.

PCP in defendant's system. Harold, 2014 WL 632280 (memo dec.)