EVIDENCE (LAW 543) Fall 2017
HANDOUT # 2
CASES & PROBLEMS:
TOPICS:
Appellate Review
Relevance
Competence
Witness Examination
Authentication
Best Evidence
Impeachment
Professor John Barkai
William S. Richardson School of Law
University of Hawaii at Manoa
(808) 956-6546
barkai@hawaii.edu
http://www2.hawaii.edu/~barkai/L543.html
Cases are reprinted from Westlaw with permission.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
APPELLATE REVIEW OF EVIDENTIARY ISSUES 1
RELEVANCE 3
State v. Jaeger, 973 P.2d 404 (Utah 1999) 3
State v. Arlt, 9 Haw.App. 263, 833 P.2d 902 (1992) 5
State v. Johnson, 3 Haw.App. 472, 653 P.2d 428 (1982) 6
Deleted 7-8
State v. Alston, 75 Haw. 517, 865 P.2d 157, 168 (1994) 9
Evidence Irrelevant Under Rule 401 10
Practice cases:
Look Before You Wheely 12
A Night At The Ace Bar And Grill 13
401 Relevancy Problems 14
U.S. v. Noriega, 117 F.3d 1206 (1997) 15
State v. Klafta, 73 Haw. 109, 831 P.2d 512 (1992) 16
State v. Edwards, 81 Haw. 293, 916 P.2d 703 (1996) 18
Kaeo v. Davis, 68 Haw. 447, 719 P.2d 387 (1986) 19
Evidence Irrelevant Under Rule 403 22
U.S. v. Old Chief, 519 U.S. 172 (1997) 25
Deleted 26
State v. McNeely, 8 P.3d 212 (Or.2000) 27
403 Relevancy Problems 28
COMPETENCE
State v. Kelekolio, 74 Haw. 479, 849 P.2d 58 (1993) 29
State v. Moreno, 68 Haw. 233, 709 P.2d 103 (1985) 31
Rock v. Arkansas, 483 U.S. 44 (1987) 32
Side-by-side Comparison of HRE / FRE 606 33
Tanner v. U.S., 483 U.S. 107 (1987) 35
State v. Furutani, 76 Haw. 172, 873 P.2d 51 (1994) 38
State v. Yamada, 108 Haw. 474, 122 P.3d 254 (2005) 39
State v. Bailey, 126 Haw. 383, 271 P.3d 1142 (2012) 40
Warger v. Shauers, 135 S.Ct. 521 (2014) 41
Pena-Rodriguez v. Colorado (2017) 41
Competency Problems 43
WITNESS EXAMINATION
State v. Kassebeer, 118 Haw. 493, 193 P.3d 409 (2008) 44
State v. Marsh, 68 Haw. 659, 728 P.2d 1301 (1986) 45
State v. Rulona, 71 Haw. 127, 785 P.2d 615 (1990) 46
The Jencks Act, 18 U.S.C. ยง 3500: 47
State v. Leong, 51 Haw. 581, 465 P.2d 560 (1970) 47
State v. Elmaleh 7 Haw.App. 488, 782 P.2d 886 (1989) 48
Witness Examination Problems 49
WITNESS EXAMINATION SIMULATION
Direct Examination 50
Cross Examination 52
Some Common Legal Objections 54
Hawaii Liquor Commission v. Jones & Map 55
Hawaii Liquor Commission v. Jones - Evidentiary Problems 57
Foundations and Impeachment Class Material 58
AUTHENTICATION
Deleted 67
Exhibits - Steps In Introducing Exhibits 68
State v. Sequin, 73 Haw. 331, 832 P.2d 269 (1992) 69
State v. Vance, 61 Haw. 291, 602 P.2d 933 (1979) 69
State v. Konohia, 106 Haw. 517, 107 P.3d 1190 (2005) 70
Pioneer Mill Company v. Dow, 90 Haw. 289, 978 P.2d 727 (1999) 71
Bruther v. General electric, 818 F. Supp 1238 (S.D. Ind. 1993) 72
United States v. Casto, 889 F.2d 562 (5th Cir. 1989) 73
United States v. Grant, 967 F.2d 81 (2d Cir. 1992) 73
United States v. Simpson, 152 F.3d 1241 (10th Cir. 1998) 74
Deleted 75-76
Authentication Problems 77
BEST EVIDENCE 79
HRE 1001 - 1008 80
United States v. Duffy, 454 F.2d 809 (5th Cir. 1972) 81
Seiler v. Lucasfilm, 808 F.2d 1316 (1987) 82
State v Espiritu, 117 Haw. 127, 176 P.3d 885 (2008) 84
Best Evidence / Original Writings Problems 88
IMPEACHMENT
HRE Impeachment Overview - JB 90
FRE Impeachment Overview - JB 91
State v. Santiago, 53 Haw. 254, 492 P.2d 657 (1971) H 609 92
U.S. v. Bracken, 969 F.2d 827 (9th Cir. 1992) F 609 94
Luce v. United States, 469 U.S. 38 (1984) F 609 95
Ohler v. United States, 529 U.S. 753 (2000) F 609 95
State v. Schnabel 279 P.3d 1237 127 Haw. 432 (2012) 96
Prior Conviction Problems 97
Impeachment Chart Problems - Rules 609 - JB 98
State v. Torres, 85 Haw. 417, 945 P.2d 849 (1997) R 608(a) 99
State v. Estrada, 69 Haw. 204, 738 P.2d 812 (1987) R 608(b) 101
State v. Balisbisana, 83 Haw. 109, 924 P.2d 1215 (1996) R 609.1 102
Intrinsic & Extrinsic Impeachment Chart: R 608, 609, 609.1, 613 104
Case Notes on impeachment 105
Prior Bad Acts & Bias Impeachment Problems 106
Contradiction & Prior Statements Problems 107
Court Observation Form #1 108
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