http://www.massielawfirm.com/newsletters/Criminal-Law/?launch_axn=feed&type=rss_2.0 Untitled 6 http://www.massielawfirm.com/newsletters/Criminal-Law/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000600&title=Motions+to+Suppress+Evidence&source=feed A defendant may file a motion to suppress evidence during the pretrial phase of her trial. A motion to suppress is filed when the defendant is seeking to exclude evidence on the basis that it was illegally obtained. The evidence may have been... http://www.massielawfirm.com/newsletters/Criminal-Law/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000600&title=Motions+to+Suppress+Evidence&source=feed http://www.massielawfirm.com/newsletters/Criminal-Law/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000536&title=WITNESS+TAMPERING&source=feed A person commits the offense of witness tampering if he or she offers, confers, or agrees to confer any benefit on a witness or a prospective witness in a judicial or an administrative proceeding. A person also commits the offense of witness... http://www.massielawfirm.com/newsletters/Criminal-Law/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000536&title=WITNESS+TAMPERING&source=feed http://www.massielawfirm.com/newsletters/Criminal-Law/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000601&title=Preliminary+Determinations+of+Admissibility+of+Evidence&source=feed Generally speaking legal issues are to be determined by the trial court and factual issues are to be determined by a jury or judge if no jury is present. However, either the judge or the jury may determine preliminary determinations of facts.... http://www.massielawfirm.com/newsletters/Criminal-Law/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000601&title=Preliminary+Determinations+of+Admissibility+of+Evidence&source=feed http://www.massielawfirm.com/newsletters/Criminal-Law/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000602&title=REQUESTS+FOR+JURY+INSTRUCTIONS&source=feed Both the prosecution and a defendant have a right to request that certain instructions be submitted to a jury when a trial court charges the jury. A request for the instructions must be made in writing and must be presented to the trial court... http://www.massielawfirm.com/newsletters/Criminal-Law/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000602&title=REQUESTS+FOR+JURY+INSTRUCTIONS&source=feed http://www.massielawfirm.com/newsletters/Criminal-Law/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000603&title=INTOXICATION+AS+A+DEFENSE&source=feed Intoxication is defined as a change in a person's mental or physical capacity as a result of the introduction of any substance into the person's body, regardless of whether the substance is alcohol or a drug. Voluntary intoxication is when a... http://www.massielawfirm.com/newsletters/Criminal-Law/?launch_pg=NewsletterDetailLayout&launch_sel=1000603&title=INTOXICATION+AS+A+DEFENSE&source=feed