CRIMINAL TRIAL EVIDENCE - Volume 3 of 5: From the First Motion to Last Appeal — Three: WITNESSES AND HEARSAY

The people who take the stand and the people who do not. Competency, personal knowledge, and sequestration. Laying a foundation on direct appeal. Cross-examination and every method of impeachment. The rule against hearsay and every exception to it, one at a time. And the Confrontation Clause, which is a separate and often stronger objection than hearsay.Written for three readers at once: the person facing a charge, the defense lawyer who needs a fast organized reference, and the advocate or family member helping without a law license. Every rule is quoted exactly as written and then restated in plain language. Every case carries its full citation and an explanation of how the defense actually uses it.This volume includes fill-in record-audit worksheets, a forms and motions library, a glossary, a master action-item checklist, a complete table of authorities, and six separate indexes - including a trigger-phrase index organized by what a prosecutor actually says out loud. Every index covers all five volumes of the set, so a reader holding one volume can find anything in the whole work.The Federal Rules of Evidence are quoted as amended to December 1, 2025, including new Rule 107 on illustrative aids.This book is information about the law, not legal advice.