Document Type
Article
Publication Date
1963
Publication Information
39 Notre Dame L. 20 (1963-1964)
Abstract
In the spring of 1963, the Indiana Judges Association, which represents about 100 of the 120 trial judges of Indiana, and the Joint Committee for the Effective Administration of Justice sponsored the first "Indiana Trial Judges Seminar" in Indianapolis. The seminar was divided into five subject areas of practical importance to trial judges, with each discussion led by a team of nationally-recognized experts and supplemented by a teacher of law who acted as reporter.
The opportunity to be a reporter on the subject area, "The Judge's Control Over Demonstrative Evidence," proved to be an uncommonly promising occasion for gathering empirical data on the spontaneous attitude of trial judges toward the arsenal of gadgetry that has been assembled by trial lawyers, most of them representing claimants, over the past several years. Because appellate courts show an unusually high amount of respect for trial-judge discretion in admitting demonstrative evidence, the attitudes indicated at the Indianapolis seminar probably have more significance to lawyers than trial-judge attitudes on legal questions which are given full review at the appellate level.
Recommended Citation
Thomas L. Shaffer,
Bullets, Bad Florins, and Old Boots: A Report of the Indiana Trial Judges Seminar on the Judge's Control over Demonstrative Evidence,
39 Notre Dame L. 20 (1963-1964).
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https://scholarship.law.nd.edu/law_faculty_scholarship/929
Comments
Reprinted with permission of Notre Dame Law Review (previously Notre Dame Lawyer).