Saint Louis University v. Geary

How courts have described this case

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• setting forth that whether a videotape should be admitted or rejected depends on whether it is practical, instructive, and calculated to assist the trier of fact in understanding the case
• affirming trial court credibility finding that the juror’s mind may have wandered or he was not paying attention to a question that was determined to be a series of clear questions
• “A complaining party is not entitled to assert prejudice if the challenged evidence is cumulative to other related admitted evidence.”
• hearsay is inadmissible unless it falls under an exception, or it is used for a non-hearsay purpose
• a hearsay statement is an out-of-court statement offered for the truth of the matter asserted therein and depends on the veracity of the statement for its value
• “the record must support all allegations of nondisclosure and prejudice”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).