TY  - BOOK
AU  - Newton,Samuel P.
AU  - Welch,Teresa L.
TI  - Understanding criminal evidence: a case method approach 
T2  - Aspen college series
SN  - 9781454802259 (pbk.)
AV  - KF9660 .N49 2013
U1  - 345.73/06 23
PY  - 2013///
CY  - New York
PB  - Wolters Kluwer Law & Business
KW  - Evidence, Criminal
KW  - United States
KW  - Burden of proof
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Why and how we have rules of evidence -- The stages of a criminal case and how to read the legal documents associated with a  criminal case -- Burden of proof and alternatives to formal proof : judicial notice, presumptions, inferences, and stipulations -- Relevance : probative value and materiality and exclusion of relevant evidence -- Constitutional exclusion of evidence -- Character evidence -- Privileges -- Witnesses and competency -- Opinions, experts, and scientific evidence -- Examination, impeachment, and  rehabilitation of witnesses -- Hearsay and hearsay exceptions -- Authentication, identification, exhibits, and the best evidence rule
ER  -