| Contents Notes |
Courtroom Evidence is a practical skills manual. An attorney can consult it, and learn enough about the rules of evidence to use the predicate questions with confidence. A close study of Courtroom Evidence will give any trial lawyer expert knowledge of the evidence code.--p. xiv. Foreword and acknowledgments -- List of chapters -- Article 1: General provisions -- Article 2: Judicial notice -- Article 3: Presumptions in civil cases -- Article 4: Relevancy and its limits -- Article 5: Privileges -- Article 6: Witnesses -- Article 7: Opinion and expert witness testimony -- Article 8: Hearsay -- Article 9: Authentication and identification -- Article 10: Contents of writings, recordings, and photographs -- Article 11: Miscellaneous rules -- Index -- Article 1: General Provisions: -- Rule 101: Scope; definitions -- Rule 102: Purpose -- Rule 103: Rulings on evidence -- Describing witness's non-verbal testimony for the record -- Rule 104: Preliminary questions -- Rule 104(a) affidavits and Crawford -- Introducing a self-authenticating document without a witness -- Jackson v Denno hearings -- Voluntariness foundation questions -- Advice of Miranda rights -- Rule 105: Limiting evidence that is not admissible against other parties or for other purposes -- Rule 106: Remainder of or related writings or recorded statements -- Article 2: Judicial Notice: -- Rule 201: Judicial notice of adjudicative facts -- Article 3: Presumptions In Civil Cases: -- Rule 301: Presumptions in civil cases generally -- Rule 302: Applying state law to presumptions in civil cases -- Rule 303: Presumptions in criminal cases [not enacted]. Article 4: Relevancy And Its Limits: -- Rule 401: Test for relevant evidence -- Rule 402: General admissibility of relevant evidence -- Rule 403: Excluding relevant evidence for prejudice, confusion, waste of time, or other reasons -- Rule 403 defense experts -- Alternate perpetrators -- Gang and terror organization membership -- Rule 404: Character evidence; crimes or other acts -- 404(a): Character evidence generally -- 404(b): Crimes, wrongs, or other acts -- Prior acts intertwined with charged offense -- Rule 405: Methods of providing character -- Reputation for honesty -- Opinion on character -- Cross-examination of a character witness --- Rule 406: Habit; routine practice -- Lack of intent to steal -- Routine practice of a business or organization -- Custom and usage -- Rule 407: Subsequent remedial measures -- Rule 408: Compromise offers and negotiations -- Rule 409: Offers to pay medical and similar expenses -- Rule 410: Pleas, plea discussions, and related statements -- Statements made during plea discussions -- Rule 411: Liability insurance -- Rule 412: Sex-offense cases: the victim sexual behavior or predisposition -- Rule 413: Similar crimes in sexual assault cases -- Rule 414: Similar crimes in child-molestation cases -- Rule 415: Similar acts in civil cases involving sexual assault or child molestation -- Article 5: Privileges: -- Rule 501: Privilege in general -- Rule 502: Attorney-client privilege and work product; limitations on waiver. Article 6: Witnesses: -- Rule 601: Competency to testify in general -- Rule 602: Need for personal knowledge -- Rule 603: Oath or affirmation to testify truthfully -- Rule 604: Interpreter -- Qualifying an interpreter -- Rule 605: Judge's competency as a witness -- Rule 606: Juror's competency as a witness -- Rule 607: Who may impeach a witness -- Rule 608: Witness's character for truthfulness or untruthfulness -- Cross-examination about prior adverse credibility findings -- Reputation of witness for truthfulness -- Opinion of witness's truthfulness -- Opinion of informant's truthfulness -- Bolstering with a plea agreement -- Rule 609: Impeachment by evidence of a criminal conviction -- Acknowledgment of a prior conviction -- Denial of a prior conviction -- Rule 610: Religious beliefs or opinions -- Rule 611: Mode and order of examining witnesses and presenting evidence -- Demonstrative and real evidence -- Pedagogical charts -- Objections -- Cross-examination -- Defendant's silence -- Leading questions -- Rule 612: Writing used to refresh a witness's memory -- Reading notes to refresh memory -- Remembering details in a report -- Rule 613: Witness's prior statement -- Extrinsic evidence of prior inconsistent oral statements -- Examination of witness on prior inconsistent written statement -- Rule 614: Court's calling or examining a witnesses -- Rule 615: Excluding witnesses -- Article 7: Opinion And Expert Witness Testimony: -- Rule 701: Opinion testimony by lay witnesses -- Overview witnesses -- Lay opinion regarding intent -- Lay opinion regarding the value of personal property -- Rule 702: Testimony by expert witnesses -- Daubert rule -- DNA Daubert foundation -- National academy report -- Expert witness research -- Gang affiliation experts -- Rule 703: Bases of an expert's opinion testimony -- Applicability of Crawford -- Rule 703: Charts -- Rule 704: Opinion on an ultimate issue -- Rule 705: Disclosing the facts or data underlying an expert's opinion -- Expert witness-IRS agent -- Long form-hypothetical -- Short form-hypothetical -- Tax computation based on a hypothetical question -- Valuation expert -- Expert economist-based upon inadmissible facts and data -- Expert appraiser to establish fair market value -- Expert on heroin distribution -- Psychiatrist-direct testimony -- Cross-examining psychiatrists -- Antisocial personality disorder -- Psychological tests -- Future dangerousness -- Rule 706: Court-appointed expert witnesses. Article 8: Hearsay: -- Rule 801: Definitions that apply to this article; exclusions from hearsay -- Statement offered as "background" -- 801(d)(1)(A): Prior inconsistent statement -- Prior inconsistent statement to grand jury -- Prior inconsistent statement at suppression hearing -- 801(d)(1)(B): Prior consistent statement -- 801(d)(1)(C): Prior statement identifying a person -- Lineup identification of the accused -- 801(d)(2)(A): Statement by party-opponent -- Admissions offered against a co-defendant-the Bruton rule -- 801(d)(2)(B): Statement that party adopts -- Use of a defendant's silence -- Degendant's adoption through silence -- 801(d)(2)(C) and (D): Authorized statements -- 801(d)(2)(E): Coconspirator statements -- Rule 802: Rule against hearsay -- Rule 803: Exceptions to the rule against hearsay-regardless of whether the declarant is available as a witness -- 803(1): Present sense impression -- 803(2): Excited utterance -- Victim tells witness defendant's name -- 803(3): Then-existing mental, emotional, or physical condition -- Murder victim's statement of future intent to meet defendant -- 803(4): Statement made for medical diagnosis or treatment -- Victim explains bruises to nurse -- 803(5): Recorded recollection -- Grand jury transcript -- Adopted statement as substantive evidence -- Memorandum prepared at time of event -- List made at time of event -- 803(6): Records of a regularly conducted activity -- Double hearsay -- Computer records and emails -- 803(7): Absence of a record of a regularly conducted activity -- 803(8): Public records -- 803(9): Public records of vital statistics -- 803(10): Absence of a public record -- Proof of non-existence of record with live witness -- 803(11): Records of religious organizations concerning personal or family history -- 803(12): Certificates of marriage, baptism, and similar ceremonies -- 803(13): Family records -- Family photograph -- 803(14): Records of documents that affect an interest in property. 803(15): Statements is documents that affect an interest in property -- 803(16): Statements in ancient documents -- Letter -- 803(17): Market reports and similar commercial publications -- 803(18): Statements in learned treatises, periodicals, or pamphlets -- Cross-examination of eyewitness testimony expert with learned treatise -- 803(19): Reputation concerning personal or family history -- 803(20): Reputation concerning boundaries or general history -- 803(21): Reputation concerning character -- 803(22): Judgment of a previous conviction -- 803(23): Judgment involving personal, family, or general history, or a boundary -- Rule 804: Exceptions to the Rule Against Hearsay-when the declarant is unavailable as a witness -- Unavailability -- 804(b)(1): Former testimony -- Defendant declined to cross-examine witness in prior proceeding -- Admitting deposition in a criminal case by stipulation -- 804(b)(2): Statement under belief of impending death -- 804(b)(3): Statement against interest -- 804(b)(4): Statement of personal or family history -- 804(b)(5): Transferred to Rule 807 -- 804(b)(6): Statement offered against a party that wrongfully caused the declarant's unavailability -- Rule 805: Hearsay within hearsay -- Rule 806: Attacking and supporting the declarant's credibility -- Rule 807: Residual exception -- Letter from deceased daughter -- Article 9: Authentication And Identification: -- Rule 901: Authenticating or identifying evidence -- Digital files -- 901(b)(1): Testimony of a witness with knowledge -- Chain of custody -- Drugs found with search warrant -- Diagram not drawn to scale -- Diagram drawn to scale -- Photographs -- Photograph taken by a third party -- Model of intersection -- Computer animation -- Demonstration to show effect of injury -- Informing the court that it is a demonstration, not an experiment -- Authentication of written record through court reporter -- 901(b)(2): Nonexpert opinion about handwriting -- Authentication by nonexpert witness familiar with handwriting -- Authentication of signature by witness who saw the defendant sign -- Authentication of signature by witness who recognizes the signature. 901(b)(3): Comparison by an expert witness or the trier of fact -- Expert comparisons of handwriting -- Questioned documents examiner -- FBI fingerprint examiner -- DNA expert on blood type -- DNA expert on fingerprint analysis -- Bloodstain pattern expert -- Expert in body fluids -- Forensic chemist -- 901(b)(4): Distinctive characteristics and the like -- Authentication of signature by reply letter method -- Digital signature -- Victim identifies stolen property -- Weapon found at crime scene -- 901(b)(5): Opinion about a voice -- Establishing a stronger chain of evidence for voice recordings -- Conservation recorded by digital voice recorder -- Transcripts of recordings -- 901(b)(6): Evidence about a telephone conservation -- Voice identification based on personal familiarity that precedes the telephone conversation -- Voice identification based on personal familiarity gained after the telephone conversation -- Circumstantial evidence-listed numbers -- Other circumstantial evidence -- 901(b)(7): Evidence about public records -- Admission through live witness -- Documents from defendant's immigration A-file -- 901(b)(8): Evidence about ancient documents or data compilations -- 901(b)(9): Evidence about a process or system -- Video recordings -- Video recording taken at time or place at issue -- Video recording made for ligation purposes -- Computer printouts -- X-rays -- 901(b)(10): Methods provided by a statute or rule. Rule 902: Evidence that is self-authenticating -- 902(1): Domestic public documents that are sealed and signed -- 902(2): Domestic public documents that are not sealed but are signed and certified -- 902(3): Foreign public documents -- 902(4): Certified copies of public records -- Certified public record -- Defendant's tax return -- 902(5): Official publications -- Government map -- 902(6): Newspapers and periodicals -- 902(7): Trade inscriptions and the like -- 902(8): Acknowledged documents -- 902(9): Commercial paper and related documents -- 902(10): Presumptions under a federal statute -- 902(11): Certified domestic records of a regularly conducted activity application of confrontation clause -- 902(12): Certified foreign records of a regularly conducted activity -- Rule 903: Subscribing witness's testimony -- Article 10: Contents Of Writings, Recordings, And Photographs: -- Rule 1001: Definitions that apply to this article -- Rule 1002: Requirement of the original -- Rule 1003: Admissibility of duplicates -- Rule 1004: Admissibility of other evidence of content copy (lost original) -- Rule 1005: Copies of public records to prove content -- Rule 1006: Summaries to prove content -- Summary of documents -- Computer printout -- Rule 1007: Testimony or statement of a party to prove content -- Rule 1008: Functions of the court and jury -- Article 11: Miscellaneous Rules: -- Rule 1101: Applicability of the rules -- Rule 1102: Amendments -- Rule 1103: Title. |
