Leading treatise of Federal Rules of Evidence. Chapters are organized by rule number. The text focuses on the current state of the law and includes footnotes organized by circuits. Provides analysis and coverage of unsettled evidence issues. Also included is a chart listing each state that has adopted evidence rules based on the Federal Rules of Evidence and comparing the state version of each rule with the corresponding federal rule.

Concise reference to federal rules. Provides the following for each Rule: the complete, current text; a current explanation by experts on federal evidence rules; comprehensive descriptions of salient cases; and the relevant legislative history.

Addresses rulings on evidence, preliminary questions, limited admissibility, and judicial notice. Presumptions in civil and criminal actions and proceedings, relevancy and its limits, privileges, witnesses, and expert testimony are also addressed. Appendices include a legislative and committee history of the rules.

Provides analysis of evidentiary issues specific to criminal practice, such as fourth amendment issues, confessions, probable cause, etc.

Analyzes applicable rules and provides expert guidance for both defense and prosecution on handling witnesses, impeachment rules, lay witness opinion, expert testimony, and real and demonstrative evidence.

Analyzes and catalogs every decision from an Illinois court of review dealing with evidence law. Extensive subdivisions facilitate the challenging task of locating a case on point. Also contains headings that briefly describe the circumstances of a given case that is being analyzed.

Designed specifically for courtroom use. Includes summary of relevant statutes and case law; Concise, authoritative commentary and analysis; Explanation of current trends and developments; Illustrative examples; Comparisons to Federal Rules of Evidence.

Sources and Preparation — Methods and Sufficiency of Proof — Questions and Objections: Relationship of the Witness to the Form of the Question — Hearsay: The Rule and the Exceptions — Opinion Evidence — Writings at Trial — Privileges — Physical Objects and Demonstrative Evidence — Evidentiary Motions at Trial — Judicial, Attorney, and Juror Misconduct