Federal Rules of Evidence
TRUE OR FALSE: Federal Rule of Evidence 803 declares numerous admissible exceptions to the rules regarding hearsay that are ONLY applicable when the declarant is available as a witness.
FALSE
The test for these police actions requires you to ask a few questions of validity, such as "would a reasonable person have believed they were not free to leave?", and "has the individual submitted to the officer's show of authority?"
SEIZURES (OF PERSONS)
TRUE OR FALSE: Per MPREG Rule 5.2a, a lawyer must follow the professional rules of conduct even when a supervisor gives orders contradicting said rules.
TRUE
Rule 3 is about as simple as it can get; a civil action is commenced by doing this to the court.
FILING A COMPLAINT
This is the K in the BARRK crimes that allow for felony murder charges.
KIDNAPPING
This is the only vowel that is not in the top row of letters on a standard 'QWERTY' keyboard
A
Hearsay is not admissible unless any of these three sources provide otherwise, per FRE 802.
1. FEDERAL STATUTE
2. THESE RULES OF EVIDENCE
3. OTHER SUPREME COURT-PRESCRIBED RULES
U.S. v. Leon created this exception to the exclusionary rule for when an officer acts in "objectively reasonable reliance" on a warrant that's later found to be invalid.
GOOD FAITH EXCEPTION
Don't think you can get away that easy! Rule 5.7 applies the entire set of professional conduct rules to this three-word term for an attorney's adjacent activities.
LAW-RELATED SERVICES
Rule 38: On any applicable issue, a party may file and serve a written demand to the other party for this kind of procedure, protected inviolately by the seventh amendment.
TRIAL BY JURY
Some simple criminal math for you:
ROBBERY - (PROPERTY BEING IN VICTIM'S PRESENCE) - (TAKEN WITH FORCE) = _______
YELLOW
The number of questions on the MPREG exam, minus the number of questions that end up being excluded for the final grade.
FIFTY
A declarant-witness's prior statement is not hearsay if the declarant testifies and is subject to cross-examination about a prior statement, and the statement fits one of these three criteria
1. INCONSISTENT WITH TESTIMONY
2. CONSISTENT AND OFFERED TO REHABILITATE IMAGE/REBUT ACCUSATIONS OF FABRICATION
3. USED TO IDENTIFY PREVIOUSLY PERCEIVED PERSON
In the case of Maryland v. this man, it was found that all occupants of a car can be arrested when drugs are found in the car with no one person claiming ownership, so don't get a chip on your shoulder!
PRINGLE
MPREG rule 5.6 forbids a lawyer from making a partnership that restricts another lawyer's this.
RIGHT TO PRACTICE LAW AFTER TERMINATION OF RELATIONSHIP
Rule 56: To expedite things, a party may move for this form of judgement, if there is proof that there is "no genuine dispute as to any material fact and the movant is entitled to judgement as a matter of law"
SUMMARY JUDGEMENT
This is the Latin term for criminal conduct that is thought to be inherently wrong (rape, battery), as opposed to merely violating a statute (driving with a suspended license)
MALUM IN SE
This is, if you think about it logically, Jesus' Zodiac sign
CAPRICORN
The sum of the FIRST THREE DIGITS of Bowie, Maryland's zip codes
NINE
Finish the following rule of evidence (FRE 401): Evidence is relevant if it has the tendency to ______.
... MAKE A FACT MORE OR LESS PROBABLE THAN IT WOULD BE WITHOUT THE EVIDENCE (AND THE FACT IS OF CONSEQUENCE IN DETERMINING THE ACTION).
A person in custody can immediately cease interrogation once they request custody, and all subsequent statements for this length of time are considered involuntary.
14 DAYS (2 WEEKS)
Per MPREG rule 5.4a, a lawyer or firm may only share legal fees with a nonlawyer in one of these four cases (name two).
1. PAYMENT TO LAWYER'S ESTATE AFTER DEATH
2. PURCHASE PAYMENT OF DECEASED LAWYER'S FIRM TO REPRESENTATIVE
3. COMPENSATION/RETIREMENT PLAN
4. SHARING LEGAL FEES WITH NONPROFIT
Rule 43: At trial, the witnesses’ testimony must be taken in _________ unless a federal statute, the Federal Rules of Evidence, these rules, or other rules adopted by the Supreme Court provide otherwise.
OPEN COURT
This is the category of crimes which are committed when an intended crime is not accomplished, such as solicitation and conspiracy
INCHOATE CRIMES
This Arabic word roughly translates to "Lord forgive me".
ASTAGHFIRULLAH
The number of members of BTS, times the number of ACTIVE members of NCT127
SIXTY-THREE
Per FRE 403, the court may exclude relevant evidence if its probative value is substantially outweighed by a danger of one or more of these six criteria (name three).
1. UNFAIR PREJUDICE
2. CONFUSING THE ISSUES
3. MISLEADING THE JURY
4. UNDUE DELAY
5. WASTING TIME
6. NEEDLESSLY PRESENTING CUMULATIVE EVIDENCE
COMMON AUTHORITY
Per MPREG rule 5.1c, a lawyer will be responsible for another lawyer's violation of the conduct rules in these two situations (you don't need to be exact here).
2. LAWYER A KNEW ABOUT LAWYER B'S CONDUCT AND DID NOT TAKE REASONABLE REMEDIAL ACTION
Rule 33.a.1: During the discovery phase of a trial, one party may serve another no more than 25 of these formal fact-finding questions
INTERROGATORIES
The difference between "attempting to commit battery" criminal assault and "intentionally causing the victim to fear immediate battery" assault is that the latter requires this as a key element
APPREHENSION (VICTIM AWARENESS)
This is the name of the smiling horse-like character we both drew, one line at a time, on the back of a question card one evening at Quizo night at the New Deck Tavern
SHITASS (OR SHIDAZZ)
The number of Federalist Papers Alexander Hamilton wrote, minus the number of Duel Commandments
FORTY-ONE