by William Jaksa | Apr 29, 2022 | DUI Attorney
What Is a Drug Recognition Expert? A Drug Recognition Expert (DRE) is a police officer trained to scientifically identify if a person’s ability to operate motor vehicle is drug impaired by or impaired by alcohol. They are scientifically trained to determine if a...
by William Jaksa | Feb 16, 2022 | Criminal Trials, Evidence
The rule in Browne v. Dunn, also known as the confrontation rule, is rooted in concerns about trial fairness. The rule states that where a party, in criminal cases usually the defence, is advancing a theory that contradicts the evidence of the witness being questioned...
by William Jaksa | Feb 11, 2022 | Evidence
What is Crown Disclosure? Crown disclosure is simply the records that are in the possession or control of the Crown Attorney which are relevant and constitute the product of the police investigation or which will likely form the case against the accused. Essentially...
by William Jaksa | Sep 30, 2021 | Evidence
Over the last 10 years, blood pattern analysis (BPA)’s foundation in physics and other fields of science has been called into question [1]. Current BPA reconstruction methods utilize straight trajectories in crime scene reconstruction, neglecting to account for the...
by William Jaksa | Jul 5, 2021 | Witness
As a witness, you want to be prepared to testify and clearly present your evidence to the judge and jury. While explaining the facts clearly to one person may not be challenging, many people feel anxious about speaking in front of an entire courtroom. Witness anxiety...
