Database Name: Wharton's Criminal Evidence
Database Identifier: CRIMEVID
Coverage
Current through the 2009-2010 update
Content Highlights:
Wharton's Criminal Evidence is a comprehensive treatise covering the Federal Rules of Evidence as they apply to criminal proceedings and related federal and state statutes, rules, and case law.
The 2009-2010 supplement to Wharton's Criminal Evidence contains many new cases and developments, including:
| Renamed and revised s 6:10 and new ss 6:10.10 to 6:10.70, The Confrontation Clause and the interplay between the Confrontation Clause and the hearsay rules, with updated and new material analyzing the Confrontation Clause. |
| Extensively updated Chapter 13, Expert Witnesses, with discussion of the National Academy of Sciences report entitled, "Strengthening Forensic Science in the United States: A Path Forward", as it applies to DNA, controlled substances, and other types of evidence. Also included in this chapter is discussion of the interpretation of arson indicators and the cases of State of Texas v. Cameron Todd Willingham and State of Texas v. Ernest Ray Willis. An analysis of People v. Safford is also included. |
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Contents
Content Type: Treatise
This database contains the complete text of Wharton's Criminal Evidence 15th Edition by Barbara E. Bergman and Nancy Hollander. This treatise provides thorough criminal law and procedure analysis, expert guidance for handling criminal evidentiary issues from pretrial preparation through trial. A document is a section of text, reference, index or a table contents.
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Author(s): Barbara E. Bergman is the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the University of New Mexico, where she teaches evidence, trial practice, advocacy and criminal procedure. She was formerly a staff attorney at the Public Defender Service in the District of Columbia. In addition, Ms. Bergman is a past president of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers. She is also co-chair of the NACDL Amicus Committee.
Nancy Hollander is a past-president of the National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers and a partner in the firm of Freedman Boyd Hollander Goldberg Ives & Duncan P.A. She has an active criminal defense trial practice throughout the country. Ms. Hollander has taught at trial practice programs and conducted criminal law seminars worldwide.
Theresa M. Duncan is a partner in the firm Freedman Boyd Hollander Goldberg Ives & Duncan, P.A in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Her practice consists of criminal and civil trials and appeals in both the state and federal courts. Most of her practice is devoted to criminal defense and civil rights litigation. She currently serves on the New Mexico Supreme Court Rules of Evidence committee.
| Cite As: |
| 1 Wharton's Criminal Evidence s 1:1 (15th ed.) | CRIMEVID |
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