Preliminary Sections

• Author: Gordon P. Cleary
• Pages: 1-14

HIGHLIGHTS

This handy guide will keep you from missing any of the elements required to lay a proper foundation

and alert you to when your opponent has. In the latest edition, 27 sections have been updated with a round-

up of more than 70 recent significant federal and state cases.

SUPPLEMENTED SECTIONS INCLUDE:

Chapter 2 Trial Motions

• Opening Statements (§202)

• Closing Arguments (§203)

• Curative Admissibility (§212)

Chapter 3 Witnesses

• Competency: General (§310)

• Prior Bad Acts (§341.1)

• Character Trait of Untruthfulness (§341.2)

• Convictions (§341.3)

• Prior Inconsistent Statement (§341.5)

Chapter 4 Opinion Evidence

• Medical Experts (§421)

Chapter 5 Authentication

• Audio Recordings (§550)

• Video Recordings (§560)

• Particular Types of Computer-Generated Evidence (Email; Text Messages; Chat Rooms) (§560C)

• Specific Forms of Demonstrative Evidence (§581)

Chapter 6 Hearsay

• Prior Statement by Witness (§621)

• What Are Testimonial Statements? (§624.2)

• Adoptive Admissions (§632)

• Business Records (§651)

• Statements in Ancient Documents (§652.8)

• Learned Treatises (§656.1)

Trial Evidence Foundations

by Gordon Cleary