1 들어가기 8

2 Evidence의 기본 원칙 9
2.1 Relevance (Fed. R. Evid. 401, 402) 11
2.2 Relevance (Fed. R. Evid. 403) 12
2.3 Judicial Notice로 인정되는 증거물 13
2.4 Burden of Proof 15

3 Public Policies 18
3.1 Liability Insurance 18
3.2 Subsequent Remedial Measures (SRMs) 20
3.3 Settlement in Civil Case 21
3.4 Offer to Pay Hospital or Medical Expense 23
3.5 Pleas and Plea Discussion in Criminal Case 24

4 Character Evidence 26
4.1 Criminal Case 27
4.1.1 About Character 27
4.1.2 About Previous Criminal Conviction and Bad Act 31
4.1.3 Self-Defense 34
4.2 Civil Case 36
4.3 Habit Evidence 37

5 Document Evidence 39
5.1 Business Record 40
5.2 Ancient Document 41
5.3 Best Evidence Rule (=BER) 42
5.4 Voluminous Record 45

6 Testimonial Evidence 46
6.1 Leading Question 48
6.2 Substantive Evidence 49
6.3 Present Recollection Refreshed 50
6.4 Past Recollection Recorded 51
6.5 Lay Witness Opinion 53
6.6 Expert Opinion 56

7 Impeachment 61
7.1 Prior Inconsistent Statement (=PIS) 63
7.2 Bias, Interest or Motive to Misrepresentation 64
7.3 Sensory Deficiencies 65
7.4 Criminal Conviction 66
7.5 Bad Act (Non-Conviction) 70

8 Rehabilitation 73

9 Testimonial Privileges 75
9.1 Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege 76
9.2 Work Product Privilege 78
9.3 Spousal/Marital Privilege 80
9.3.1 Spousal Immunity (Privilege) 80
9.3.2 Marital Communication Privilege 81
9.4 Attorney-Client Privilege 84
9.4.1 한 명의 Attorney와 두 명 이상의 Clients 86

10 Hearsay Vs. Non-Hearsay 87
10.1 Self-Serving 89
10.2 As an (Party, Vicarious) Admission 90

11 Hearsay Exception 93
11.1 Former Testimony 94
11.2 Forfeiture by Wrong Doing 96
11.3 Statement against Interest 97
11.4 Dying Declaration 98
11.5 Excited Utterance/Present sense Impression 99
11.6 Statement of Exciting Mental Emotional Physical Condition 100
11.7 Statement for Purpose of Medical Treatment 101
11.8 Business/Public Record 102
11.9 Statement of Pedigree 104

12 Confrontation Clause 106

13 Notes 110