Cases and Materials on the Rules of Evidence

by Wellborn, Olin Guy, III

• ISBN13: 9780314264879
• ISBN10: 0314264876
• Edition: 2nd
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2002-12-01
• Publisher: West Group

Table of Contents

Preface	iii
Table of Cases	xix
Relevancy [FRE Art. IV]	1	(94)
General Principles [FRE 401--403]	1	(21)
State v. Kotsimpulos	1	(1)
Note on the History and Sources of American Evidence Law	2	(2)
State v. Nicholas	4	(2)
Notes	6	(1)
United States v. Johnson	6	(2)
Notes	8	(2)
United States v. McRae	10	(1)
Notes on Rule 403	11	(3)
Notes on Photographic Evidence	14	(3)
Simon v. Kennebunkport	17	(2)
Notes	19	(1)
Fusco v. General Motors Corp.	19	(3)
Character [FRE 404, 405, 412--415]	22	(51)
Evidence Concerning the Accused in a Criminal Case	22	(1)
The General Prohibition Against Character Attack in the Case in Chief [FRE 404]	22	(1)
United States v. Gilliland	22	(3)
Note	25	(1)
Defensive Use of Character and Prosecution Response [FRE 404(a)(1), 405(a)]	25	(1)
United States v. Monteleone	25	(4)
Notes	29	(2)
Other Crimes, Wrongs, or Acts Admissible for a Non-Character Purpose [FRE 404(b)]	31	(1)
United States v. Cunningham	31	(3)
Notes	34	(1)
United States v. Van Metre	35	(4)
Notes	39	(2)
United States v. Mills	41	(1)
Notes	42	(1)
Whitty v. State	43	(2)
People v. Howard	45	(4)
Notes	49	(1)
Sex Offenses [FRE 413--415]	50	(1)
United States v. LeCompte	50	(3)
United States v. Mound	53	(3)
Note	56	(1)
State v. Burns	56	(3)
Evidence Concerning the Victim in a Criminal Case	59	(1)
Homicide and Assault [FRE 404(a)(2)]	59	(1)
Government of Virgin Islands v. Carino	59	(2)
Note	61	(1)
Rape and Sexual Assault [FRE 412]	61	(1)
Summitt v. State	61	(3)
In The Interest of John Doe	64	(6)
Note	70	(1)
Civil Cases [FRE 404, 405]	70	(1)
Securities and Exchange Commission v. Towers Financial Corporation	70	(2)
Note on Character ``in Issue''	72	(1)
Habit And Routine Practice [FRE 406]	73	(5)
Weil v. Seltzer	73	(4)
Notes	77	(1)
Subsequent Remedial Measures [FRE 407]	78	(6)
Anderson v. Malloy	78	(5)
Notes	83	(1)
Compromise And Offers To Compromise [FRE 408--410]	84	(8)
Rochester Machine Corp. v. Mulach Steel Corp.	84	(5)
Notes	89	(1)
United States v. Greene	90	(1)
Notes	91	(1)
Liability Insurance [FRE 411]	92	(3)
Charter v. Chleborad	92	(2)
Notes	94	(1)
Hearsay [FRE Art. VIII]	95	(166)
Definition [FRE 801(a)--(c)]	95	(17)
Introduction	95	(1)
Commonwealth v. Farris	95	(3)
Note	98	(1)
Verbal Acts	99	(1)
Hanson v. Johnson	99	(1)
Notes	100	(1)
Effect on State of Mind of Listener or Reader	101	(1)
McClure v. State	101	(1)
Notes	102	(1)
Implied Assertions	103	(1)
United States v. Zenni	103	(5)
Notes	108	(1)
Circumstantial Evidence of Declarant's State of Mind	109	(1)
Bridges v. State	109	(2)
Notes	111	(1)
Prior Statement by Witness [FRE 801(d)(1)]	112	(21)
Inconsistent Statements [FRE 801(d)(1)(A)]	112	(1)
United States v. Castro--Ayon	112	(2)
Notes	114	(1)
Consistent Statements [FRE 801(d)(1)(B)	115	(1)
Tome v. United States	115	(8)
Notes	123	(1)
Identification of a Person [FRE 801(d)(1)(C)	124	(1)
United States v. Lewis	124	(2)
Note	126	(1)
United States v. Owens	126	(5)
Notes on Hearsay and the Constitutional Right of Confrontation	131	(2)
Admissions by Party--Opponent [FRE 801(d)(2)]	133	(26)
Individual	133	(1)
Jewell v. CSX Transportation, Inc.	133	(1)
Notes	134	(1)
Adoptive	135	(1)
United States v. Morgan	135	(3)
Notes	138	(1)
People v. Green	139	(2)
Notes	141	(1)
Authorized	142	(1)
Kirk v. Raymark Industries, Inc.	142	(1)
Agent or Servant	143	(1)
Mahlandt v. Wild Canid Survival & Research Center, Inc.	143	(5)
Notes	148	(1)
Coconspirator	149	(1)
United States v. Inadi	149	(3)
Notes	152	(1)
Bourjaily v. United States	152	(6)
Notes	158	(1)
Present Sense Impression [FRE 803(1)]	159	(2)
Houston Oxygen Co. v. Davis	159	(1)
Notes	160	(1)
Excited Utterance [FRE 803(2)]	161	(6)
City Of Dallas v. Donovan	161	(3)
Notes	164	(3)
Then Existing Mental, Emotional or Physical Condition [FRE 803(3)]	167	(18)
Then Existing Physical Condition	167	(1)
Casualty Insurance Co. v. Salinas	167	(1)
State Of Mind ``In Issue''	168	(1)
Adkins v. Brett	168	(4)
Notes	172	(1)
State of Mind to Prove Conduct; Statements of Memory or Belief	173	(1)
United States v. Pheaster	173	(7)
Notes	180	(1)
Norton v. State	181	(3)
Notes	184	(1)
Statements for Purposes of Medical Diagnosis or Treatment [FRE 803(4)]	185	(8)
State v. Moen	185	(6)
Notes	191	(2)
Recorded Recollection [FRE 803(5)]	193	(3)
United States v. Patterson	193	(3)
Notes	196	(1)
Records of Regularly Conducted Activity [FRE 803(6), (7)]	196	(11)
Keogh v. Commissioner of Internal Revenue	196	(3)
Notes	199	(2)
United States v. Baker	201	(1)
Notes	202	(2)
Scheerer v. Hardee's Food Systems, Inc.	204	(2)
Notes	206	(1)
Public Records and Reports [FRE 803(8)--(10)]	207	(10)
United States v. Quezada	207	(2)
Notes	209	(2)
Beech Aircraft Corp. v. Rainey	211	(5)
Notes	216	(1)
Learned Treatises [FRE 803(18)]	217	(2)
Zwack v. State	217	(2)
Notes	219	(1)
Former Testimony [FRE 804(b)(1)]	219	(6)
State v. Ayers	219	(3)
Notes	222	(1)
Clay v. Johns--Manville Sales Corp.	223	(2)
Note	225	(1)
Statement Under Belief of Impending Death [FRE 804(b)(2)]	225	(4)
State v. Quintana	225	(2)
Note	227	(2)
Statement Against Interest [FRE 804(b)(3)]	229	(17)
Civil Cases	229	(1)
Robinson v. Harkins & Co.	229	(1)
Note on Statements Against ``Social'' Interest	230	(1)
Criminal Cases	231	(1)
Offered by the Prosecution	231	(1)
Williamson v. United States	231	(9)
Notes	240	(1)
Offered by the Accused	241	(1)
United States v. Paguio	241	(4)
Note	245	(1)
Forfeiture by Wrongdoing [FRE 804(b)(6)]	246	(3)
United States v. Aguiar	246	(2)
Notes	248	(1)
Residual Exception	249	(12)
Idaho v. Wright	249	(8)
Notes	257	(4)
Procedures for Admitting and Excluding Evidence [FRE Art. I]	261	(19)
Objections and Motions to Strike [FRE 103(a)(1)]	261	(7)
Timeliness	261	(1)
Government of the Virgin Islands v. Archibald	261	(2)
Notes	263	(2)
Specificity	265	(1)
McEwen v. Texas & Pacific Railway Co.	265	(2)
Notes	267	(1)
Offers Of Proof [FRE 103(a)(2), (b)]	268	(2)
Padilla v. State	268	(1)
Notes	269	(1)
Preliminary Questions [FRE 104]	270	(2)
Notes	270	(2)
Limited Admissibility [FRE 105]	272	(1)
Notes	272	(1)
Remainder Of Or Related Writings Or Recorded Statements [FRE 106]	273	(4)
United States v. Sweiss	273	(3)
Notes	276	(1)
Curative Admissibility (``Opening The Door'') And The Rule Of Completeness	277	(3)
Government of the Virgin Islands v. Archibald	277	(3)
Witnesses [FRE Art. VI]	280	(106)
Competency [FRE 601-606]	280	(22)
Mental Competency; Oath [FRE 601, 603]	280	(1)
United States v. Odom	280	(3)
Notes	283	(1)
Children	284	(1)
Capps v. Commonwealth	284	(1)
Notes	285	(1)
Dead Man's Statutes	285	(1)
Farley v. Collins	285	(3)
Notes	288	(1)
Lack of Personal Knowledge [FRE 602]	288	(1)
Kemp v. Balboa	288	(3)
Notes	291	(1)
Rock v. Arkansas	292	(7)
Note	299	(1)
Competency of Juror as Witness [FRE 606]	299	(1)
Wilson v. Vermont Castings, Inc.	299	(3)
Notes	302	(1)
Impeachment [FRE 607--610, 613]	302	(40)
Introductory Notes	302	(1)
Prior Inconsistent Statement [FRE 613]	303	(1)
State v. Hines	303	(3)
Notes	306	(2)
Bias or Interest	308	(1)
United States v. Harvey	308	(3)
Notes	311	(1)
Character for Truthfulness	312	(1)
Conviction of Crime [FRE 609]	312	(1)
State v. Roy	312	(3)
Notes	315	(1)
United States v. Brackeen	316	(3)
Note	319	(1)
Other Misconduct [FRE 608(b)]	319	(1)
Gustafson v. State	319	(3)
Notes	322	(1)
Smith v. State	323	(2)
Note	325	(1)
Reputation or Opinion Evidence of Character for Truthfulness [FRE 608(a)]	325	(1)
United States v. Lollar	325	(1)
Notes	326	(1)
United States v. Medical Therapy Sciences, Inc.	327	(4)
Capacity	331	(1)
United States v. Lindstrom	331	(4)
Notes	335	(1)
Contradiction	336	(1)
Kellensworth v. State	336	(2)
Notes	338	(1)
Impeaching One's Own Witness [FRE 607]	339	(1)
United States v. Webster	339	(2)
Notes	341	(1)
Mode and Order of Interrogation and Presentation [FRE 611]	342	(15)
Control by Court [FRE 611(a)]	342	(1)
In General	342	(1)
Geders v. United States	342	(1)
Notes	342	(2)
Protecting Child Victim Witnesses	344	(1)
United States v. Garcia	344	(6)
Note	350	(1)
Scope of Cross--Examination	350	(1)
Lis v. Robert Packer Hospital	350	(3)
Note	353	(1)
Leading Questions	353	(1)
Lawrence v. State	353	(1)
Notes	354	(2)
Notes on Other Objections ``to the Form of the Question''	356	(1)
Writing Used to Refresh Memory [FRE 612]	357	(5)
United States v. Riccardi	357	(4)
S & A Painting Co. v. O.W.B. Corp.	361	(1)
Calling and Interrogation of Witnesses by Court [FRE 614]	362	(15)
Calling by Court	362	(1)
United States v. Karnes	362	(5)
Interrogation by Court; Objections	367	(1)
United States v. Filani	367	(5)
Note	372	(1)
Questions by Jurors	373	(1)
United States v. Richardson	373	(4)
Exclusion of Witnesses [FRE 615]	377	(9)
Susanna and the Elders	377	(2)
Note	379	(1)
Towner v. State	380	(4)
Note	384	(2)
Opinions and Expert Testimony [FRE Art. VII]	386	(57)
Opinion Testimony by Lay Witnesses [FRE 701]	386	(6)
Government of the Virgin Islands v. Knight	386	(2)
Notes	388	(4)
Testimony By Experts [FRE 702]	392	(38)
Proper Subjects; Qualifications of Witness	392	(1)
United States v. Montas	392	(4)
United States v. Paul	396	(3)
Notes	399	(3)
Reliability, Relevancy, and Gatekeeping: Daubert	402	(1)
Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	402	(11)
Daubert v. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals, Inc.	413	(7)
Kumho Tire Company, Ltd. v. Carmichael	420	(9)
Notes	429	(1)
Forms And Bases Of Expert Testimony [FRE 703, 705]	430	(6)
Arkansas State Highway Commission v. Schell	430	(4)
Notes	434	(2)
Opinion On Ultimate Issue [FRE 704]	436	(7)
Torres v. County of Oakland	436	(4)
Notes	440	(1)
United States v. Thigpen	441	(2)
Authentication and Identification [FRE Art. IX]	443	(15)
Real Evidence	443	(3)
United States v. Johnson	443	(1)
United States v. Olson	444	(2)
Writings	446	(3)
United States v. Mangan	446	(1)
Notes	447	(2)
Voices and Telephone Conversations	449	(2)
United States v. Vitale	449	(1)
Notes	450	(1)
Photographic Evidence	451	(3)
Fisher v. State	451	(3)
Demonstrative (Illustrative) Evidence	454	(4)
Smith v. Ohio Oil Co.	454	(2)
Notes	456	(2)
Contents of Writings, Recordings, and Photographs (The ``Best Evidence Rule'') [FRE Art. X]	458	(23)
Introduction; Definition of ``Writing'' [FRE 101(1)]	458	(3)
United States v. Duffy	458	(2)
Notes	460	(1)
Requirement Of Original; ``To Prove The Content'' [FRE 1002]	461	(2)
United States v. Gonzales--Benitez	461	(1)
Notes	461	(2)
Originals and Duplicates [FRE 1001(3), (4); 1003]	463	(3)
United States v. Rangel	463	(1)
Notes	464	(2)
Admissibility of Other Evidence of Contents [FRE 1004]	466	(5)
Neville Construction Co. v. Cook Paint & Varnish Co.	466	(1)
Note	467	(1)
United States v. Marcantoni	467	(2)
Notes	469	(1)
Farr v. Zoning Board Of Appeals Of Town Of Manchester	470	(1)
Note	471	(1)
Public Records [FRE 1005]	471	(3)
Englund v. State	471	(3)
Summaries	474	(3)
United States v. Bakker	474	(2)
Notes	476	(1)
Testimony or Written Admission of Party [FRE 1007]	477	(1)
Note	477	(1)
Functions of Court and Jury [FRE 1008]	477	(4)
Seiler v. Lucasfilm, Ltd.	477	(2)
Notes	479	(2)
Privileges [FRE Art. V]	481	(64)
Spousal	481	(16)
Uniform Rules of Evidence	481	(1)
Adverse Testimony in a Criminal Case	482	(1)
Trammel v. United States	482	(5)
Notes	487	(1)
Confidential Communications	488	(1)
Stafford v. State	488	(3)
Notes	491	(1)
Constancio v. State	491	(1)
Notes	492	(1)
Parent-Child	492	(1)
State v. Maxon	492	(5)
Notes	497	(1)
Lawyer-Client	497	(48)
Uniform Rules of Evidence	497	(2)
Introduction	499	(1)
Jeremy Bentham, Rationale of Judicial Evidence	499	(1)
``Confidential Communication''	499	(1)
Client's Identity; Fee Arrangements	499	(1)
In re Grand Jury Subpoenas (Anderson)	499	(5)
Client's Appearance and Behavior; Content of Communication vs. Fact of Communication	504	(1)
United States v. Kendrick	504	(2)
Note	506	(1)
Physical Evidence and Documents; Communications Not Intended to Remain Confidential	506	(1)
Clutchette v. Rushen	506	(2)
Notes	508	(8)
Representative of the Lawyer; Joint Defense/Common Interest	516	(1)
United States v. Schwimmer	516	(4)
Notes	520	(1)
Eavesdroppers; Crime-Fraud Exception	520	(1)
Clark v. State	520	(4)
Note	524	(1)
Caldwell v. District Court in and for the City and County of Denver	524	(4)
Note	528	(1)
Waiver	529	(1)
In re von Bulow	529	(5)
Note	534	(1)
Psychotherapist-Patient And Physician-Patient	534	(1)
Uniform Rules of Evidence	534	(2)
Jaffee v. Redmond	536	(7)
Notes	543	(2)
Presumptions [FRE Art. III]	545	(22)
Civil Cases [FRE 301, 302]	545	(8)
Legille v. Dann	545	(5)
Note	550	(1)
Matter of Estate of McGowan	550	(3)
Note	553	(1)
Criminal Cases	553	(14)
County Court of Ulster County v. Allen	553	(6)
Francis v. Franklin	559	(8)
Judicial Notice [FRE Art. II]	567	(18)
Kinds of Facts	567	(7)
Facts Generally Known [FRE 201(b)(1)]	567	(1)
Varcoe v. Lee	567	(3)
Notes	570	(1)
Verifiable Facts [FRE 201(b)(2)]	571	(1)
Laster v. Celotex Corp.	571	(2)
Notes	573	(1)
Legislative Facts [FRE 201(a)]	574	(5)
United States v. Gould	574	(4)
Note	578	(1)
``Reasoning Facts''; ``Jury Notice''; Procedural Matters	579	(6)
United States v. Jones	579	(3)
Notes	582	(3)
Index	585