LAW-5312 EVIDENCE
This course will focus on the Federal Rules of Evidence (FRE) with some references to the Florida Rules of Evidence where they differ from the FRE. We will study the basic rules, including those dealing with relevancy, character evidence, hearsay, opinion evidence, and authentication. The course will also cover making and meeting objections, preserving the record for appeal, and the limitations the Sixth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution imposes on the use of hearsay evidence in criminal trials.