DEFENDING CRIMINAL CASES UNDER THE FEDERAL RULES OF EVIDENCE

• NCJ Number: 27838
• Journal: CRIMINAL DEFENSE Volume: 2 Issue: 3 Dated: (JUNE 1975) Pages: 5-12
• Author(s): M B LEWIS
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 8 pages
• Corporate Author: National College of Criminal Defense Lawyers and Public Defenders
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES THOSE RULES WHICH EMBODY THE MOST IMMEDIATE CHANGES IN THE RIGHTS OF CRIMINAL LITIGANTS AND SUGGESTS OFFENSIVE AND DEFENSIVE MOVES AVAILABLE TO THE CRIMINAL DEFENSE LAWYER UNDER THE RULES.

Abstract

EXPLAINED ARE THE FEDERAL RULES OF EVIDENCE RELATING TO OPINIONS CONCERNING CHARACTER, IMPEACHMENT OF A PARTY'S OWN WITNESS, PRIOR STATEMENTS BY WITNESSES, DISQUALIFICATION OF TRIAL JUDGES AND SITTING JURORS AS WITNESSES, AND THE ROLE OF THE EXPERT WITNESS. A SEPARATE DETAILED ANALYSIS IS INCLUDED ON RULES 801-806 WHICH CREATE AN EXPANDED BASE OF ADMISSIBILITY OF EVIDENCE PREVIOUSLY EXCLUDABLE AS HEARSAY.