Evidence

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Relevance and admissibility of evidence -- Presumptions and the burden of proof -- Witnesses : competence, compellability, and various privileges -- The course of the trial -- Witnesses' previous consistent statements and the remnants of the rule against narrative -- Character and credibility -- Evidence of the defendant's bad character -- The opinion rule and the presentation of expert evidence -- The rule against hearsay -- Confessions -- Drawing adverse inferences from a defendant's omissions, lies, or false alibis -- Identification evidence.