What Does Expunged Mean

Yes, in your hypothetical case, the plaintiff can introduce new evidence and called undisclosed witnesses at trial in two typical scenarios.

Examples of real evidence include fingerprints, blood samples, DNA, a knife, a gun, and other physical objects. Real evidence is usually admitted because it tends to prove or disprove an issue of fact in a trial.

New Trials Based on Legal Errors If a mistake of law during the trial was sufficiently significant, the judge might grant a new trial.Appellate courts usually give significant deference to trial judges, though. Legal errors often relate to the admission or exclusion of evidence.

In the United States, if a defendant is acquitted of a crime, the Fifth Amendment generally prohibits a retrial; thus, with few exceptions, a retrial only can occur if the verdict in the first trial was "guilty", or if there was no verdict.

Typically, the defendant will file a motion for a retrial after a guilty verdict. If the judge denies the motion, then the defendant may file an appeal to a higher court asking to overrule the judge and grant a new trial.

Sometimes after a trial is concluded, new evidence may be discovered about your case which might have exonerated you had it been presented at trial.In effect, this is a request for the judge to vacate the jury's verdict, declare the old trial null, and start over again with a new trial, complete with a new jury.

The appeals courts do not usually consider new witnesses or new evidence. Appeals in either civil or criminal cases are usually based on arguments that there were errors in the trial's procedure or errors in the judge's interpretation of the law.Sometimes, they hear oral arguments before deciding a case.

Basically, if evidence is to be admitted at court, it must be relevant, material, and competent.