Tag: trial
1. Affidavit Instructions
Practical issues to consider when you are writing your request to the convening authority.
Affidavit for Online Offender-Child Images
Requesting a forensic psychologist in a case involving child pornography.
Daubert Standard and Psychological Evaluations: What Every Attorney Should Know
This is a training that Dr. Simpson has provided for the State Bar of Arizona and the Pima County Public Defender’s Office. This handout explores:
- The “What, Who, and How” of forensic evaluations
- The Daubert standard
- Rule 702
- The Malleus Maleficarium and Spectral Evidence
Alcohol Blackouts: What Every Attorney Should Know
Alcohol is often a central dynamic in claims of sexual assault. Dr. Simpson has taught this topic for the Air Force JAG school’s “Advanced Sexual Assault Litigation Course”, the State Bar of Arizona, and multiple Air Force legal offices stateside and around the world.
- An overview of alcohol blackouts and sexual assault allegations
- Fragmentary vs. En Bloc blackouts
- Blackout vs. Passed Out
- Alcohol’s effect on the nervous system
- It not about “how much,” its about “how quickly”
- Potentiation with over-the-counter and prescribed medications
- How memory works
- Can you tell when someone is in blackout?
- Strategies for the prosecution
- Strategies for the defense
- Description of relevant research
CONFESSIONS: Investigative Interviewing
Literature review of investigative interviewing.
CONFESSIONS: Voluntariness Doctrine
Review of the Voluntariness Doctrine for confessions.