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Criminal Evidence presents the basic concepts of criminal evidence and their real-world application to the criminal justice system. Updated with discussions of the latest court rulings affecting the rules of criminal evidence, the Ninth Edition offers practical guidance to criminal justice professionals and criminal justice students. Attention is given to helping students understand criminal court hearings and trials—in particular, the rules of evidence, types of evidence, and admissibility of evidence at a criminal court hearing or trial.  

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Author:   Norman Garland
Publisher:   McGraw-Hill Education
Imprint:   McGraw-Hill Education
Edition:   9th edition
ISBN:  

9781266228919

ISBN 10:   1266228918
Publication Date:   23 January 2024
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Tertiary & Higher Education
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1: Introduction to the Law of Evidence and the Pretrial Process CHAPTER 2: The Trial Process CHAPTER 3: Evidence - Basic Concepts CHAPTER 4: Witnesses - Competency and Privileged Communications CHAPTER 5: Witnesses - Lay and Expert CHAPTER 6: Credibility and Impeachment CHAPTER 7: The Hearsay Rule CHAPTER 8: Opposing Party’s Statements (Admissions) and Confessions CHAPTER 9: The Exclusionary Rule - Search and Seizure CHAPTER 10: Exclusionary Rule - Identification Procedures CHAPTER 11: Circumstantial Evidence CHAPTER 12: Documentary Evidence and the Right of Discovery CHAPTER 13: Physical Evidence CHAPTER 14: Photographic, Recorded, and Computer-Generated Evidence CHAPTER 15: How to Testify Effectively

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Norman M. Garland is a professor of law at Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles, where he teaches evidence, constitutional criminal procedure, advanced criminal procedure, and trial advocacy. He received his B.S.B.A. from Northwestern University, his J.D. from Northwestern University School of Law, and his L.L.M. from Georgetown Law Center where he was an E. Barrett Prettyman Fellow in trial advocacy. Professor Garland is a member of the Illinois, District of Columbia, and California Bars. He has had 10 years of trial experience as a criminal defense attorney, mainly in federal felony cases. In 1968, he joined the faculty of Northwestern University School of Law where he helped establish the Northwestern University Legal Clinic. He joined the faculty of Southwestern Law School in 1975 to help establish the Southwestern Conceptual Approach to Legal Education (SCALE). In the mid-1980s, he spent two summers as a deputy district attorney in Ventura County, California, where he gained experience as a prosecutor. He is coauthor of Advanced Criminal Procedure in a Nutshell (2d ed., West 2006), Criminal Evidence (6th ed., McGraw-Hill 2010), and Exculpatory Evidence (3d ed., LexisNexis 2004). He has also authored a number of computer interactive lessons for law students available through the Center for Computer-Assisted Legal Instruction (CALI).

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