DEMONSTRATIVE DEMONSTRATIVE EVIDENCEEVIDENCE

A GUIDE TO LEGAL RESEARCHA GUIDE TO LEGAL RESEARCH

PROJECT ONEPROJECT ONEFALL 2002FALL 2002

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Heavy Metal Rock…Heavy Metal Rock…

BUT RATHER…BUT RATHER…

This Variety…This Variety…

AND…AND…

REMEMBERREMEMBER

Jurors retain 10% of what they hear…Jurors retain 10% of what they hear…

Jurors retain 87% of what they see!!!Jurors retain 87% of what they see!!!

In other words… a picture (read: In other words… a picture (read: demonstration, simulation, model, demonstration, simulation, model, table, diagram, etc) is worth a table, diagram, etc) is worth a thousand words.thousand words.

TABLE OF CONTENTSTABLE OF CONTENTS

INTRODUCTIONINTRODUCTION

PRIMARY AUTHORITYPRIMARY AUTHORITY

SECONDARY AUTHORITYSECONDARY AUTHORITY

PRACTICE MATERIALSPRACTICE MATERIALS

ONLINE MATERIALSONLINE MATERIALS

INDEXINDEX

INTRODUCTION CONTINUEDINTRODUCTION CONTINUED

Demonstrative Evidence must clear Demonstrative Evidence must clear three Foundational Requirements…three Foundational Requirements…

a. authentication a. authentication

b. representational accuracyb. representational accuracy

c. identificationc. identification

INTRODUCTION CONTINUEDINTRODUCTION CONTINUED

Demonstrative Evidence must then Demonstrative Evidence must then pass three hurdles of admissibility…pass three hurdles of admissibility…

a. relevancya. relevancy

b. materialityb. materiality

c. competencyc. competency

INTRODUCTION CONTINUEDINTRODUCTION CONTINUED

Demonstrative evidence must then Demonstrative evidence must then pass an final balancing test under pass an final balancing test under relevancy…relevancy…

to determine whether the prejudicial to determine whether the prejudicial value of the evidence outweighs its value of the evidence outweighs its probative valueprobative value