Criminal_Pre-Trial_Proceedings-Pretrial_Motions-Captions.xml
Criminal_Pre-Trial_Proceedings-Pretrial_Motions-Captions.xml
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<p begin="00:00:00.25" end="00:00:05.30">This is your legal minute, brought to you by the Ohio State Bar Foundation.</p>
<p begin="00:00:06.00" end="00:00:13.10">In a major criminal case, often the defense files a series of pre-trial motions for the judge to determine before the trial begins.</p>
<p begin="00:00:13.20" end="00:00:20.50">The purpose of these motions is to get the court to rule in certain ways that would limit the State’s ability to prosecute.</p>
<p begin="00:00:20.60" end="00:00:27.10">Often, defense attorneys can be creative with various motions, but mostly motions fall into two categories—</p>
<p begin="00:00:27.20" end="00:00:31.10">motions to suppress evidence, and motions in lemony.</p>
<p begin="00:00:31.20" end="00:00:35.55">A motion to suppress asks the judge to throw out certain evidence because the defendant’s</p>
<p begin="00:00:35.60" end="00:00:39.50">constitutional rights were violated in obtaining that evidence.</p>
<p begin="00:00:39.60" end="00:00:45.10">Examples would be a forced confession, or an illegal search, or perhaps an improper line-up.</p>
<p begin="00:00:45.20" end="00:00:53.70">A motion in lemony asks the court to limit the State’s evidence because the presentation of certain facts might be unfairly inflammatory,</p>
<p begin="00:00:53.80" end="00:00:57.90">such as a very old criminal arrest record for a dissimilar offense.</p>
<p begin="00:00:58.00" end="00:01:05.90">Instead of being based on the Constitution, the court is asked to be fundamentally fair and not let the trial be biased in favor of the State.</p>
<p begin="00:01:06.00" end="00:01:12.00">This legal minute is brought to you by the Ohio State Bar Foundation.</p>
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