User:Skyfaller/Evidence
This page roughly corresponds to the syllabus/outline for my Evidence (law) class at George Mason Law.
Intro to Evidence
Relevance and Inference
- Sherrod v. Berry
- Old Chief v. United States - FRE 403 - Where the prior conviction is an element of the crime charged, evidence of a defendant's prior conviction may not be admitted if the defendant is willing to concede to the fact of the conviction.
Hearsay and Exceptions
- Dying declaration
- Present sense impression
- Declarations against interest
- Business records exception
- Ohio v. Roberts
Constitutional dimensions
- "[w]hether rooted directly in the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment or in the Compulsory Process or Confrontation Clauses of the Sixth Amendment, the Constitution guarantees criminal defendants a meaningful opportunity to present a complete defense." Crane v. Kentucky, 476 U.S. 683, 690 (1986).
Advanced Relevance
Witnesses
Writings
- Authentication - Mostly NOT about law :(
- Best evidence rule
Proof and Presumptions
- Attorney-client privilege
- Physician-patient privilege and psychotherapists
- Spousal privilege
- Priest-penitent privilege aka Confessional Privilege (United States)
- State Secrets Privilege
Opinions and Expertise
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