Schy v. Susquehanna Corp.

How courts have described this case

Verbatim parenthetical descriptions written by other courts when citing this decision. Ranked by citation-network relevance.

• holding the admission of lay or expert witness opinion testimony is reviewed for abuse of discretion
• concluding testimony regarding defendant's pre-arrest silence did not implicate concerns embodied in Miranda because defendant had not yet received Miranda warnings
• holding the defendant failed to meet his \burden of establishing when he was given Miranda warnings and could have done so during his testimony or through cross-examination of various State witnesses.\
• “[W]hether a lay witness may testify as to an opinion is reviewed for abuse of discretion.”
• no error when the trial court demonstrates a Rule 403 analysis in its ruling
• the trial court did not abuse its discretion in admitting evidence where the court conducted a balancing test under Rule 403 and found that the probative value of the evidence outweighed its prejudicial effect

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).