by uslawessentials | Aug 14, 2019 | Evidence, video
Federal Rule 404 Provides a General Rule Against Character Evidence For Purposes of Proving that Someone Acted According to his Personality or Character Traits F.R.E. 404 (a) (1) provides that: Prohibited Uses. Evidence of a person’s character or character...
by uslawessentials | Mar 3, 2019 | Contract law, Evidence
The Parol Evidence Rule Excludes Evidence to Contradict or Alter an Integrated Contract The parol Evidence Rule and Complete vs. Full Integration The Parol Evidence Rule, as a general matter, excludes outside (extrinsic) evidence that would contradict or change...
by uslawessentials | Jul 21, 2018 | Civil Procedure, Evidence
Although each case can be different and different states have different rules, the general rule in federal court is that a party will not have waived the privilege if the disclosure was inadvertent, the party took reasonable steps to avoid disclosure, and the party...
by uslawessentials | Aug 12, 2017 | Criminal Law, Evidence, video, What does . . . mean?
Grand Jury: Impaneled, Investigation, and Indictment You probably read in the news that a special prosecutor, Robert Mueller, impaneled a grand jury as part of an investigation into interference by a foreign power (Russia) in the US elections and whether members of...
by | Oct 18, 2015 | Evidence, What does . . . mean?
Yes, there are exceptions. If you read Federal Rules of Evidence 803 and 804 you will see a list of exceptions. Many states have identical exceptions. By way of example, consider the “excited utterance.” This is an excited statement made in...
by uslawessentials | Jun 13, 2015 | Evidence, video, What does . . . mean?
Double hearsay is also known as hearsay within hearsay. This is where we have a hearsay statement that contains another hersay statement. The double hearsay rule tells us that both the statement and the statement within the statement must be admissible,...
