Electronic Exhibit Stickers When offering evidence at trial, the first step is to have the evidence marked for identification and placed under the court’s custody. In the distant past, the process of marking an exhibit often occurred at the time the witness was first asked about the evidence. This caused the flow of the ..
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Footers Exhibits often have their own page ranges that are independent of the electronic PDF page number that they correspond to. For instance, an exhibit from a journal or textbook may only include the chapter or article. In this instance, page one of the PDF, may actually correspond with page 145 of the article. To ..
Application Files Common applications like Excel, Word, PowerPoint, etc. can be presented in their resident programs on a computer but are commonly exported as PDF images for use in courtroom presentation software. Other programs, such as Google Earth might need to be recorded if dependable internet connectivity is unavailable in the courtroom. The work created ..
Audio and Video Exhibits In some cases, exhibits come in the form or multimedia files, audio files or non-deposition video files. Trial presentation software allows the display of these types of exhibits. However, If these files contain audio with speech, it may be necessary to have the multimedia files transcribed by a certified court reporter ..
Email Exhibits Wherever possible, include attachments in the pdf of every em..
Exhibit Naming Conventions Consider developing an index that captures document date, Bates ranges, Deposition Exhibit numbers and Trial Exhibit numbers. Having a comprehensive index greatly reduces the costs when preparing outlines for witnesses and creating custom demonstratives that rely on trial exhibits. Trial presentation software will access the images quickly for the jury, but it ..