Criminal Evidence - Second Edition

• NCJ Number: 86860
• Author(s): J R Waltz
• Date Published: 1983
• Length: 462 pages
• Sale Source: Nelson-Hall Publishers
• Publication Type: Instructional Material
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America
• Note: Nelson-Hall Law Enforcement Series

Annotation

This text explores all of the important evidentiary rules that apply to criminal cases, featuring the use of plain English and avoidance of legal jargon to facilitate understanding of the material by the law student and the nonlawyer.

Abstract

Liberal use of case analyses and sample examinations and cross-examinations make even the most technical aspects of evidentiary rules clear. Major topics addressed in the text include the hearsay rule and its exceptions, an introduction to legal materials, basic constitutional principles, relevance, the privilege against self-incrimination, identification confrontations, searches and seizures, and confessions. Also discussed are testimonial privileges, photographic evidence, forensic pathology, questioned documents, and spectrographic voice identification. Although the emphasis is on the applicability of the rules in criminal matters, the book provides an overview of the evidentiary principles applicable in civil litigation as well. An index and about 450 references are provided. (Author summary modified)