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Exculpatory evidence : the accused's constitutional right to introduce favorable evidence.

by Imwinkelried, Edward J.

Newark, NJ : LexisNexis, c2015.

Exculpatory evidence -- United States.

Defense (Criminal procedure) -- United States.

1 volume (various pagings. ; 28 cm.

4th ed. / Edward J. Imwinkelried, Norman M. Garland.

Introduction -- The existence and extent of the accused's constitutional right to present evidence -- The existence of a civil litigant's constitutional right to present evidence -- Procedural restrictions on the admissibility of defense evidence -- Rules rendering persons incompetent as witnesses at trial -- Rules excluding logically irrelevant evidence -- Rules requiring proof of the underlying logical relevance of evidence: the personal knowledge and authentication doctrines, including the validation of scientific evidence rules of logical evidence -- Legal relevance doctrine excluding evidence due to probative dangers such as prejudice and time consumption -- Legal relevance rules limiting the admissibility of evidence logically relevant to impeach adverse witnesses -- Legal relevance rules limiting the admissibility of evidence logically relevant to the historical merits - character evidence -- Common-law and statutory privileges that exclude logically relevant evidence to promote extrinsic social policies -- Privileges which exclude logically relevant information to protect the constitutional rights of private persons -- Government privileges -- The best evidence and opinion rules excluding unreliable testimony -- The hearsay rule excluding unreliable testimony -- Defense advocacy for the accused's rights -- Conclusion.

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