Legal Opinion
State v. Tollardo
New Mexico Court of Appeals
Decided August 26, 2003No. 22,562PublishedCited by 12 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
OPINION
BUSTAMANTE, Judge.
{1} Trial lawyers are acutely aware that one picture is worth a thousand words. Studies show that jurors retain more information from visual presentations or presentations that are both verbal and visual than from verbal presentations alone. Jack A. Weinstein & Margaret A. Berger, Weinstein’s Federal Evidence § 900.07[7][b], at 900-101 n. 172 (2d ed. 1997) (Weinstein’s Federal Evidence). A witness can illustrate his or her testimony by drawing diagrams on paper for a jury, as long as the diagram is not misleading. Zemke v. Zemke, 116 N.M. 114, 122, 860 P.2d 756, 764…
2Cases cited29 opinions
- Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.Supreme Court of the United States · 1993
- State v. RojoNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1998
- People v. CummingsCalifornia Supreme Court · 1993
- State v. AlbericoNew Mexico Supreme Court · 1993
- Clark v. CantrellSupreme Court of South Carolina · 2000
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3Cited by12 opinions
- Commonwealth v. SergeSupreme Court of Pennsylvania · 2006
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- Thompson v. StateCourt of Criminal Appeals of Alabama · 2012
- State v. ZamoraNew Mexico Court of Appeals · 2005
- Andrews v. United States Steel Corp.New Mexico Court of Appeals · 2011
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