The text describes and analyzes the seven distinct constitutional bases for excluding potentially probative evidence of guilty from criminal proceedings.
It needn't be a swearing contest if the contestants and the committee can provide some probative, objective corroborating evidence.
With respect to public policy interests, courts should consider whether the new privilege "promotes sufficiently important interests to outweigh the need of probative evidence."
Other probative evidence, such as hairs, fibers, soil or latent prints, may provide valuable case information.
Harry and I had argued vigorously in the noticed hearing that Kimberly could offer nothing approaching probative evidence, but Kline prevailed.
The other rules, including the rule about similar acts evidence, is intended to limit the purpose for which otherwise probative evidence may be admitted.
Are admissions officers at SAT-optional universities saying that the test scores do not provide probative evidence of the possession of these skills?
Thus, even if the trial court were to exclude the proffering party's preferred evidence, that party would still have equally probative evidence to fall back on.
The catapult bullets found in the levels of destruction of the oppidum would be probative evidence.
"The occasional suppression of illegally obtained yet probative evidence," he said, "has long been considered a necessary cost of preserving overriding constitutional values."