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Today was an excellent day for the defense and American justice worked the way it was supposed to (and didn't for Chauvin). In spite of the woke hysteria and lynch mob mentalities saturating our legal system, the Judge had the backbone to reject the prosecution's show trial tactics as highly prejudicial and of little or no probative value.
As such the following was ruled by the Judge as inadmissible:
- Rittenhouse's altercation on behalf of his sister in a prior dispute.
- Rittenhouse's interaction with Proud Boys
- A video in which Rittenhouse is commenting that he wished he had his rifle to shoot at a black man he thought in the midst of robbing a CVS. (Kyle, instead, called 911).
- The government lost two motions to compel the defendant to produce the names of donors to his legal defense fund.
- The government lost their bid to note that Rittenhouse used his stimulus money to purchase a gun.
The government did win on its opposition to the defense submitting evidence that the man shot and killed was convicted child sex offender.
Other than the fact that the government claimed they have a video from an FBI aircraft that that they say shows Rittenhouse initiating hostilities against Rosenbaum, (heretofore unknown) it was an excellent day for Rittenhouse.
If this video meets the same criteria of "evidence" as used by the prosecution under other elements, rest assured, this "video" (if ever produced) is headed to the dumpster.
Under the Wisconsin Rules of Evidence, “evidence may be excluded if its probative value is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice” or if it causes “confusion of the issue” a jury is called to determine. ...And character evidence is generally inadmissible as a rationale to prove conduct. ...
As such the following was ruled by the Judge as inadmissible:
- Rittenhouse's altercation on behalf of his sister in a prior dispute.
- Rittenhouse's interaction with Proud Boys
- A video in which Rittenhouse is commenting that he wished he had his rifle to shoot at a black man he thought in the midst of robbing a CVS. (Kyle, instead, called 911).
- The government lost two motions to compel the defendant to produce the names of donors to his legal defense fund.
- The government lost their bid to note that Rittenhouse used his stimulus money to purchase a gun.
The government did win on its opposition to the defense submitting evidence that the man shot and killed was convicted child sex offender.
Other than the fact that the government claimed they have a video from an FBI aircraft that that they say shows Rittenhouse initiating hostilities against Rosenbaum, (heretofore unknown) it was an excellent day for Rittenhouse.
If this video meets the same criteria of "evidence" as used by the prosecution under other elements, rest assured, this "video" (if ever produced) is headed to the dumpster.
In Tense Hearing, Kyle Rittenhouse Defense Convinces Judge to Throw Out Significant Portions of the Goverment's Case
It was an all-but ugly day in court for the prosecutors hoping to put Kenosha shooter Kyle Rittenhouse behind bars on six counts, including murder. During a lengthy evidentiary hearing, the defense scored victory after victory while the government was increasingly frustrated at the judge's...
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