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§ 28.03 WITNESS WITH KNOWLEDGE: FRE 901(B)(1)
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§ 28.03. WITNESS WITH KNOWLEDGE: FRE 901(b)(1)
A witness with personal knowledge may authenticate a document.14 This is nothing more than an application of the firsthand knowledge rule.15 The authenticating witness need not be the author of the document, nor in most cases a subscribing witness.16 For example, anyone who observes an accused sign a confession can authenticate the confession. Similarly, anybody present when a contract was signed could serve as the authenticating witness. The same rule applies to on-line chat rooms.17
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[14] See Fed. R. Evid. 901 advisory committee's note (The rule "contemplates a broad spectrum ranging from testimony of a witness who was present at the signing of a document to testimony establishing narcotics as taken from an accused and accounting for custody through the period until trial, including laboratory analysis.").
[15] See Fed. R. Evid. 602 (firsthand knowledge rule). See United States v. Jackson, 636 F.3d 687, 693-94 (5th Cir. 2011) ("The record thus does not reflect whether the [drug] ledgers were prepared by someone with knowledge of the transactions they supposedly record, or whether they record transactions at all. The ledger entries do not include any indication of the term 'cocaine' and thus do not facially convey that they are applicable to the conspiracy charged. There are no dates recorded on the ledgers other than a lone reference in each to February 9 (without a year). No handwriting analysis was performed on the notebooks, and no member of the drug-trafficking organization testified relating to their trustworthiness.").
[16] See Fed. R. Evid. 903 (subscribing witnesses). See infra § 28.12.
[17] See State v. Webster, 955 A.2d 240, 244 (Me. 2008) ("Webster contends that the court erred in allowing in evidence transcripts of the on-line chats between Webster and Bringard [who he believed was 13...
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- Chapter 28 Authentication of Writings
- §28.01 INTRODUCTION
- § 28.02 GENERAL RULE: FRE 901(A)
- § 28.03 WITNESS WITH KNOWLEDGE: FRE 901(B)(1)
- § 28.04 NONEXPERT OPINION ON HANDWRITING: FRE 901(B)(2)
- § 28.05 COMPARISON BY TRIER OR EXPERT: FRE 901(B)(3)
- § 28.06 DISTINCTIVE CHARACTERISTICS: FRE 901(B)(4)
- § 28.07 PUBLIC RECORDS AND REPORTS: FRE 901(B)(7)
- § 28.08 ANCIENT DOCUMENTS: FRE 901(B)(8)
- § 28.09 PROCESS OR SYSTEM: FRE 901(B)(9)
- § 28.10 STATUTE OR RULE METHODS: FRE 901(B)(10)
- § 28.11 SELF-AUTHENTICATING DOCUMENTS: FRE 902
- § 28.12 SUBSCRIBING WITNESSES: FRE 903
- § 28.13 KEY POINTS
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