Evidence Crunchtime Book

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• Basic Concepts: First Principles • Organization of Trial • Making and Responding to Objections • Competency

Relevance: Probative Value • Prejudice, Confusion, and Waste of Time

Circumstantial Proof: Special Problems Character Evidence • Use of Character Evidence in Civil Cases • Other Crimes Evidence in Criminal Cases • Evidence of Criminal Defendants's Good Character • Character of Victim • Habit and Custom • Similar Happenings • Subsequent Remedial Measures • Liability Insurance • Compromises; Offers to Pay Medical Expenses

Examination and Impeachment: Direct Examination • Cross-Examination • Redirect and Recross • Refreshing Recollection • Examination by the Court • Impeachment • Prior Criminal Convictions • Prior Bad Acts • Opinion and Reputation Regarding Character • Prior Inconsistent Statements • Bias • Sensory or Mental Defects • Contradiction; 'Collateral Issue' Rule • Religious Beliefs • Rehabilitating the Impeached Witness

Hearsay and Exceptions: Definitions • Admissions • Availability Immaterial • Spontaneous, Excited, or Contemporaneous Utterances • Past Recollection Recorded • Business Records • Public Records and Reports • Former Testimony • Dying Declarations •Declarations Against Interest • Statements of Available Witness • Residual Exception

Confrontation and Compulsory Process

Privileges: Attorney-Client • Physician-Patient • Against Self-Incrimination • Marital • Miscellaneous

Real and Demonstrative Evidence: Authentication • Foundation Requirements • 'Best Evidence Rule' for Recorded Communications • Real and Demonstrative Evidence

Opinions, Experts and Scientific Evidence: First-hand Knowledge and Lay Opinions • Expert Witness • Scientific Evidence

Burdens of Proof, Presumptions and Other Procedural Issues: Presumptions • Judge-Jury Allocation • Appeals and 'Harmless Error' Doctrine

Judicial Notice: Adjudicative Facts • Legislative Facts • Notice of Law