Scheindlin on Trump’s Past Cases: The ‘Judge‘s Job’ Is Weighing Probative Value Against Prejudice

RUSH EXCERPT:

SCHEINDLIN: "Well, you know, the Sandoval rule is that the questioning has to go to credibility, honesty, and veracity. And so many of the items that the people want to put in go directly to veracity, credibility, and honesty. But the judge‘s job is to weigh the probative value of that testimony against the prejudice. So it‘s always prejudicial to a defendant to have bad prior bad acts mentioned."