inadmissible evidence
Barred courtroom testimony
Evidence that a court will not allow to be presented at trial.
Rules of evidence exclude material obtained through illegal searches, hearsay, or information deemed more prejudicial than probative.
The confession was ruled inadmissible evidence because police hadn't read him his rights.
What's inadmissible varies by jurisdiction and case type.
- hearsayUnverified secondhand information
- irrelevanceLack of pertinence
- unreliabilityTendency to disappoint expectations
- privilegeExclusive right or benefit
- exclusionary ruleBan on unconstitutionally seized evidence
illegality · jury instruction · prejudice · chain of custody · smoking gun · illegal search · authentication · privileged communication · coerced confession · mistrial · procedural error · due process · polygraph · retrial · appeal · judicial discretion · burden of proof · reasonable doubt
- evidenceproof, findings, results, witness accounts, testimony
inadmissible evidencebest evidence
Most convincing supporting material
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