Total Credits: 1 including 1 General
Tags: Trial Practice Trial Skills
The admissibility and persuasiveness of expert testimony will often make or break a case. Prosecutors often rely on expert witnesses to prove the defendant’s guilt or innocence. In this presentation we will examine the admissibility of expert testimony both by the State and the defense.
The presentation will review various cases involving the admissibility of forensic evidence that can assist a jury in finding that the defendant committed this crime including blood splatter evidence, ballistic evidence, and medical examiner’s testimony. We will discuss how to prepare expert witnesses and how to impeach expert testimony from opposing counsel. Prosecutors have described this presentation as “extremely informative, engaging, useful and dynamic.”
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Philip Bogdanoff is a nationally recognized continuing legal education speaker on the topics of ethics, professionalism, and other related topics. Previously, as an attorney, he served as assistant prosecutor in the Summit County, Ohio Prosecutor’s Office for more than 25 years, beginning in 1981. Mr. Bogdanoff argued cases before the Ohio Ninth District Court of Appeals and twenty cases before the Ohio Supreme Court including six death penalty cases - before retiring as a senior assistant prosecutor.
He is the author of numerous articles on ethics, professionalism and other related legal topics and has taught the members of numerous organizations including the National Association of Legal Administrators, as well as numerous state and local Bar associations, Prosecuting Attorney's Associations, and law firms. More information about Mr. Bogdanoff is available on his Web site at http://www.philipbogdanoff.com/.