 Admit Your Evidence and
Exclude or
Minimize Theirs
Most evidentiary rulings are within the judge’s
discretion, and are made in seconds. Bad rulings are rarely reversible. As a
result, you need to bring all your admissibility ammunition to bear at the
moment of objection. Rogge Dunn and Karen Hirschman’s Trial Objections
increases your firepower with pattern objection language, explanatory
comments, tactics for exclusion, arguments for admission, foundational
elements, supporting authority, and practice tips for:
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Voir dire
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Opening statements
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Documentary evidence
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Demonstrative evidence
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Hearsay evidence
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Attorney misconduct
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Examination of
witnesses
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Privileges
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Closing arguments
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And much more...
Trial Objections
explains when and how to make and meet
objections more successfully. This quick-reference book covers the full
range of objections, complete with more than 100 pattern objections,
tactics, forms, suggested responses, necessary foundations, and hundreds of
state and federal cases. It also includes a handy quick reference guide.
Each objection is organized
by headings to help you quickly find the information you need.
Tactics
Use these arguments to fight admission of the opposition’s evidence, or
to minimize its impact. Included are alternative strategies and what you
need to put on the record.
Response
Never let an unforeseen objection catch you flat-footed again.
Anticipate, preclude and meet objections with the author’s expert
strategies for counter-attack.
Foundation
Bulleted steps for laying foundations. Frequently included are model
questions for trouble-free admission. Use these lists to look for
omissions when opposing foundations.
Pattern
Objections
Model language for over 110 objections. Use the language provided... or
tailor it to fit your situation. Big headings and logical organization
take you to the right objection in seconds.
Comments
Authors Rogge Dunn and Karen Hirschman explain the application, scope,
and purpose of the governing rules. He also offers practical advice
based on his decades in the courtroom to help you anticipate possible
problems.
Practice Tips
Elevate your advocacy with the cautions, strategies, and effect of
related rules provided here.
Foundation
Organized by jurisdiction, these federal and state authorities speed
trial preparation and help you cite supporting law in the courtroom.
Trial Objections
has trial-tested pattern language that gives
you a concise statement of almost every objection you might need in court
and includes foundation checklists, tactics and the latest cases, which
you’ll need for successfully making and defending objections. With this
annually-updated, briefcase-sized book, you’ll be prepared for court.
Trial Objections brings you:
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Index of
Objections.
A quick-reference to any objection. Simply find the relevant subject
area and flip to that section for the objection, case or tactics you
need to master the moment.
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An overview of
objections in general
(§§100-144). This part of the book covers making and timing your motions
in limine, making effective motions to strike, curative and limiting
instructions complete with samples, and demanding offers of proof.
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Objections during
the preliminary stages of trial (§§200-281). This section includes pattern
language, tips, tactics and cases for the many possible objections you
might need to make during jury selection and opening statement.
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A thorough,
detailed section on objections to demonstrative, documentary and hearsay
evidence
(§§300-365). This material covers all aspects of demonstrative and
documentary evidence, and provides you with a wealth of detail on
hearsay evidence, hearsay within hearsay, and non-hearsay evidence.
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Objections to
witnesses
(§§400-455). This section is filled with methods, foundations, and all
you’ll need for making and meeting objections based on witness
competence. Also included are all the objections you’ll make while
opposing counsel is examining the witness. The book goes on to cover
objections used to attack the qualifications of an expert witness, use
of the expert and/or his testimony. Next, you’ll find complete coverage
of protecting and objecting to privileged evidence.
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Attorney and
Judicial Misconduct
are covered in §§500-514, Summation and Closing Argument in §600,
and Indexes are at the back of the book.
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Forms, explanation,
and CD-ROM.
This section of the book describes the forms included on the enclosed
disc and their uses. The forms include motions in limine, jury
questionnaires and other pleadings for use at the pre-trial hearing, on
the eve of trial and during trial.
Trial Objections is designed to be used when you’re working
on a case that goes to trial. Slip it into your briefcase—it weighs less
than two pounds and measures only 9x6 inches—and see whether it bolsters
your courtroom abilities. You’ll feel better prepared, and more able to
defend your position with the tactics, key cases and foundations that
support your point.
The book now features all of the forms on an easy-to-use forms
disk—over 30 forms in all.
Updated annually. ISBN
0-58012-018-0 Book price: $99.00
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| Reviews
"The format in which the authors present the information is
the most attractive attribute of the book. Each broad category of evidence
addressed, such as "demonstrative evidence," contains specific, bold-faced
objections for use as to specific items in that category, such as "charts, diagrams,
graphs, or maps." Brief, identifiable sections on substantive commentary, tactics,
responses, evidentiary foundations and case annotations follow each objection. The
color-coded tabbing in the book makes each category easy to locate and the tables of
contents for the chapters within each category provide easy access to the specific
objections."
—Excerpted from The Houston Lawyer. |
