Criminal Evidence

Jefferson L. Ingram is Professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Dayton. He has a B.S. in secondary education, a M.A. in history, and a Juris Doctor. He is a member of the Ohio Bar, Florida Bar, Bar of the federal courts for the Southern District of Ohio, and a member of the Bar of the Supreme Court of the United States.

Part I History and Approach to Study


1. History and Development of Rules of Evidence
2. Approach to the Study of Criminal Evidence


Proof by Evidence and Substitutes
3. Burden of Proof
4. Proof via Evidence
5. Judicial Notice
6. Presumptions, Inferences, and Stipulations


General Admissibility Tests
7. Relevancy and Materiality
8. Competency of Evidence and Witnesses


Evidence via Witness Testimony
9. Examination of Witnesses
10. Privileges
11. Opinions and Expert Testimony
12. Hearsay Rule and Exceptions


Evidence via Documents and Real Evidence
13. Documentary Evidence
14. Real Evidence
15. Results of Examinations and Tests


Exclusion of Evidence on Constitutional Grounds
16. Evidence Unconstitutionally Obtained


Part II Judicial Decisions Relating to Part I

Appendix I: Federal Rules of Evidence—2013
Appendix II: Table of Jurisdictions That Have Adopted Some System of Uniform Rules for Regulating the Admission and Exclusion of Evidence—2014
Appendix III: Table of Contents, Uniform Rules of Evidence with 2005 Amendments
Glossary
Index of Cases
Index