United States v. Michael Shawn McCourt

How courts have described this case

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

• noting that “a video is nothing more than a series of still images shown in rapid succession to create the illusion of motion”
• stipulating to an element of the offense does not constitute an evidentiary alternative having equal or greater probative value
• affirming the admission of seven video clips found in the defendant’s possession
• “[T]he Court expressly limited its holding to cases where proof of convict status is at issue[.]” (quotations and citation omitted)
• “[T]he Supreme Court has advised that Rule 403 requires a preliminary showing of unfair prejudice before the need to balance the probative value of the evidence and its alternatives arises.”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).