Questions & answers. Evidence : multiple-choice and short-answer questions and answers

Questions and Answers: Evidence helps you develop a better, fuller understanding of the law of evidence that will carry you through your evidence class and on into practice. This indispensable supplement, part of our well-known Questions and Answers series, helps you apply concepts as you learn them so that you can prepare more effectively for class and gain a competitive edge on exams.

This study guide includes over 260 multiple-choice and short-answer questions, arranged topically for ease of use during the semester, plus an additional set of 50 "practice exam" questions. For each multiple-choice question, there is a detailed answer that indicates which of four options is the best answer and explains thoroughly why that option is better than the other three options. Each short-answer question is designed to be answered in fifteen minutes or less and includes a thoughtful, comprehensive, yet brief model answer.

Preserving error; appellate review -- Objections to the form of the question -- Witness competency -- Logical relevance; exclusion for reasons of prejudice or other dangers -- Preliminary questions of fact -- Classification of evidence as hearsay or not hearsay -- Exceptions to (and exemptions from) the hearsay rule -- Evidence of character, "other crimes, wrongs, or acts," habit, and similar events -- Evidence of subsequent remedial measures, compromise, humanitarian assistance, criminal pleas, and liability insurance -- Impeachment and cross-examination of witnesses -- Authentication -- The best evidence rule -- Judicial notice -- Burdens of proof and presumptions -- Evidentiary privileges -- Lay and expert opinion; Scientific evidence.