NCJ Number
105418
Date Published
1987
Length
1013 pages
Annotation
This book, intended for courtroom use by trial attorneys, aids attorneys in making arguments, offers of proof, objections, and motions to strike precise and specific enough to preserve for appeal any erroneous admissions and exclusions of evidence.
Abstract
The first chapter describes the procedural framework for evidence law, notably the procedural rules governing the trial's organization, the examination of witnesses, and the offer of individual items of evidence. Remaining chapters analyze evidence law proper, which consists of two major divisions: rules governing the admissibility of individual evidence items and rules governing the sufficiency of all the party's evidence. Rules governing evidence admissibility pertain to such issues as witness competency, relevance, authentication, witness credibility, character and habit evidence, hearsay, expert testimony, eyewitness testimony, and the exclusionary rule. Chapters on evidence sufficiency address burdens of production and proof, judicial notice, and stipulations. Chapter footnotes, a table of cases, and a subject index.