Questions tagged [procedure-rules]
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Is a specific date of occurrence required for a felony charge?
Can a person be charged for a felony in the state of Missouri without a specific date ever being stated that the crime occurred?
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"Defendant committed a felony between the dates of Jan 1 2023 and Dec 31 2023 by beating the victim and…
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What is the origin of shouting 'Objection!' in the American courtroom?
Recently, I have been thinking about the intriguing practice, or at least ‘intriguing’ in my opinion, of shouting ‘Objection!’ as a witness is questioned in court, which, as I believe it, is more a feature of the American legal system. This is…
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What is the functional purpose of the practice of seeking permission from a lower/trial court to appeal its own decision?
An appeal is fundamentally an affair pertaining to the transcendence of a particular court in order to solicit and invoke the authority of one of a higher level. So what is originally the purpose of this practice, of many lower courts requiring one…
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In US District Court, can a plaintiff amend a complaint , more than 21 days after service, if extensions are granted to file an answer?
When a complaint requires correction of a mistake or misstatement, which relates to the amount of relief they are entitled to, based upon the same claim/cause of action, but more than 21 days have passed since service was effected, does the granting…
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What was the origin of procedure rules?
I’m guessing that they started out much simpler and more rudimentary than they are now, before which they were probably non existent and it was just a case of a Lord of the court admitting parties of successive cases and hearing the cases of each…
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What do courtroom "procedural rules" and "rules of evidence" mean in the US?
What do courtroom "procedural rules" and "rules of evidence" mean in the US? Please give some examples of each and how do they relate to each other. Thanks.
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Why innocence don't matter within State's justice system, according to the late US Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia?
"Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a death sentence properly reached." - Antonia Scalia ( 1936 - 2016)
Mere factual innocence is no reason not to carry out a guilty verdict properly reached. - courts everywhere, as of April 2025
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