618+ pp.; 10th ed. 2020-21
(Includes 2021-22 and 2022-23 supplement)
Topics include:
- Judicial Notice
- Presumptions
- Relevancy
- Privileges
- Witnesses
- Opinions and Expert Testimony
- Hearsay
- Authentication/Identification
- Contents of Writings, Recordings, and Photographs
The 2022-2023 supplement includes a number of changes such as:
The addition of annotations for recently decided Wisconsin appellate court cases analyzing issues such as hearsay, expert witnesses, “vouching” testimony, and the admissibility of “other acts” evidence
The continued expansion of the Handbook’s appendices on the right to confrontation and the rape-shield law
The incorporation of amendments enacted by the Wisconsin Legislature in 2022 to the Wisconsin Rules of Evidence
The 2021-2022 supplement includes a number of changes such as:
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The addition of annotations for recently decided Wisconsin appellate court cases addressing evidentiary issues such as expert testimony, the admissibility of “other acts” evidence, and the procedure for calling a child witness in cases in which a party introduces a child’s videorecorded statement
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The continued expansion of the Handbook’s analysis of the right to confrontation, as part of an appendix added to the 10th edition
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The incorporation of amendments, enacted by the Wisconsin Legislature in 2021, to the rules of evidence
The 2020-21 revision includes a number of changes such as:
- The addition of a new appendix containing the text of evidence-related statutes applicable in criminal trials (including the rape-shield law) along with annotations of significant cases discussing those statutes
- An expanded analysis of the right to confrontation and the related Crawford line of cases, now placed in an easily accessible appendix at the back of the book
- The integration of annotations for new evidence-law cases analyzing various issues, such as the evidentiary rules pertaining to relevance, expert testimony, and hearsay
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