State v. Tatko

How courts have described this case

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

• no abuse of discretion for trial court to permit State to inquire into a relevant element in chain of proof
• “[Rjules for the introduction of evidence serve well the conduct of the trial, but they do not have the effect of conferring a right upon the parties litigant to any established pattern.”
• Rules governing the conduct of trials do not have the effect of conferring a right of the parties to any established pattern; they yield to the discretion of the trial judge when the circumstances demand it.
• “rules for the introduction of evidence ... do not have the effect of conferring a right upon the parties litigant to any established pattern. . . . They yield to the sound discretion of the trial judge when the circumstances demand it.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).