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Evidence Fall 2022
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OPTIONAL: Brief Arguing that LAPD Investigation should not be excluded under Rule 407 or Rule 403

Prof. Nina Chernoff

The full brief is available on Westlaw at 2020 WL 3088592. This brief is on behalf of the Plaintiff, the estate of a man who was killed by police officers in police custody. The LAPD's internal investigation concluded that the officers' use of force was unreasonable, but the trial court excluded it under Rules 407 and 403, citing Maddox, the case you read for today. This appellate brief shows how an attorney might argue that such a decision was an abuse of discretion. 

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