Analysis of Videotape Evidence in Police Misconduct Cases
Martin A. Schwartz, Jessica M. Silbey, J. Ryan, Gail Donoghue · bepress Legal Repository · 2009
Many evidentiary issues arise with respect to videotape evidence and computer generated simulations.I will begin with the issues that concern the admissibility of videotape evidence, then the role of a videotape on summary judgment, and lastly, evidentiary issues with respect to computer generated simulations.Let us start with the admissibility issues pertaining to videotape evidence.There are several issues that may arise with respect to the admissibility of videotape evidence that also arise for many other types of evidence.The videotape must meet the test of relevance, which means there must be a sufficient relationship between the videotape and some issue in the particular litigation.The next hurdle is Rule 403 of the Federal Rules of Evidence; the question of whether probative value of the videotape is substantially outweighed by such .