Summers v. State’s Empirical Analysis

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1 state decisions

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1. “Such a rule, at least when too rigorously applied, would appear to be 'disproportionate' to the (reliability) end that it is intended to promote, since it subjects the defendant's evidence to a more demanding SUPREME COURT OF NEVADA 12 (0) 1.947A cisetz admissibility evaluation than it does the State's.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Coleman v. State

2. “well-established rules of evidence permit trial judges to exclude evidence if its probative value is outweighed by certain other factors such as unfair prejudice, confusion of the issues, or potential to mislead the jury.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Coleman v. State

3. “fully comport with the later-developed, but now well-established doctrine regarding the defendant's right to a meaningful opportunity to present his defense.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage
   e.g. Coleman v. State