Legal Opinion
United States v. Hildebrand
District Court, N.D. Iowa
Decided May 30, 1996No. CR 95-2014PublishedCited by 9 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
ORDER ON TRIAL MANAGEMENT
BENNETT, District Judge.
It would seem that early in the career of every trial lawyer, he or she has lost a case by leaving something out, and thereupon resolved never again to omit even the most inconsequential item of possible evidence from any future trial. Thereafter, in an excess of caution the attorney tends to overtry his case by presenting vast quantities of cumulative or marginally relevant evidence. In civil cases, economics place some natural limits on such zeal. The fact that the attorney’s fee may not be commensurate with the time required to present the…
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