Rutgers Law - Appellate Advocacy Fall 2008

Rutgers Law School

Appellate Advocacy - Fall 2008

The case to be argued by the students in this class during the Fall of 2008 is:

State v. Gustav Flowbert

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The moot court case was loosely based on the real cases of State v. A.O., 198 N.J. 69 (2009), and State v. Byrd, 198 N.J. 319 (2009), raising issues as to the use of evidence derived from an uncounselled polygraph examination and the recognition of a "forfeiture by wrongdoing" hearsay exception.