CALIFORNIA EVIDENCE: CIVIL AND CRIMINAL
...Relevance
......Demonstrative Evidence
.........Photographic/Video Evidence
............Videos/Motion Pictures
 14 Cards On This Topic:
  • Prejudicial error to admit highly inflammatory videos on drunk driving deaths, unrelated to instant case, which appealed to jurors' sympathy and passion, and had marginal probative value.
  • No abuse of discretion in excluding D's tapes offered to show no natural light at crime scene; even if tapes reflected what the eye could actually see under only ••natural•• light, there was artificial light as well.
  • Trial court acted within its discretion when it excluded a videotape D offered to show the lighting conditions at the time of the shooting because it did not accurately show those lighting conditions.
  • Videotaped reenactment of route to attempted murder properly admitted where it could assist jury in understanding and evaluating V's testimony and it merely depicted route taken.
  • Court entitled to rely on D's lack of diligence in denying motion to reopen penalty phase to admit BBC program which was in any case not relevant or connected with defense evidence.
  • DA entitled to provide visual evidence of V's condition to prove she had suffered great bodily injury, and trial ct. correctly allowed DA to decline defense stipulation offer.
  • Videotape depicting scenes of shootings properly admitted where surviving V provided foundation and jury could readily perceive differences between reality and tape.
  • No error in allowing jury to hear evidence regarding D's gun's firing characteristics and bullet's path, and by denying D's motion to let the jury visit the McDonald's where crimes occurred.
  • D forfeited arguments there were evidentiary alternatives to showing entire 25-minute porn video file to jury where he did not proffer a ••specific excerpt•• or other ••specific evidentiary alternative•• at trial.
  • Wheelchair-bound P's "day in the life" video relevant to medical treatment, difficulties of her daily life and issue of damages.
  • Foundational requirements to admit videotaped evidence.
  • Medico-legal uses of motion picture and videotape evidence in civil PI trials.
  • Graphic videotape of V's body, bound & gagged with pillow over head, submerged in bathtub, relevant to D's malice and intent to kill.
  • Properly authenticated motion picture showing possible cause of accident improperly excluded.


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