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A motion in limine is a motion filed by a party to a lawsuit which asks the court for an order or ruling limiting or preventing certain evidence from being presented by the other side at the trial of the case.
In the United States, a motion to suppress is a request made by a criminal defendant in advance of a criminal trial asking the court to exclude certain evidence from the trial.A motion to exclude evidence that is based on rules of evidence, in advance of the trial, is more commonly called a motion in limine.
A motion in limine is a powerful weapon for advocates that can alter the entire makeup of the case. This type of motion is a pretrial request of the court to rule on the admissibility of a certain piece of evidence.
Whereas the motion in limine is based on the trial court's inherent discretion to exclude prejudicial evidence, the motion to suppress is based on the court's duty to exclude evidence which has been im- properly Qbtained.
At the motion to suppress hearing, both parties have the opportunity to present evidence and arguments in support of or in opposition to the motion. Testimony is taken from: The arresting officer about how the evidence was obtained by the officeri.e., plain view, consent by the defendant. The defendant.
A pretrial motion asking that certain evidence be found inadmissible, and that it not be referred to or offered at trial.
Stated in the most general terms, a proper motion in limine is an evidentiary motion that seeks a determination as to whether to exclude (or admit) evidence before it is offered at trial.
There is also authority for the proposition that if a motion in limine is denied, the party opposing the evidence can be the first to offer the objectionable evidence without waiving the merits of the evidentiary objection on appeal.