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This concise casebook offers materials that are thorough yet brief, enabling coverage of all the major topics in a three- or four-credit format. The emphasis is decidedly on primary materials: well-edited principal cases, followed by notes that inform the student on important details and developments. Each chapter covers an article of the Federal Rules of Evidence. Within the chapters and sections, the materials generally follow the sequence of the Rules. The 8th edition covers all important recent developments, including federal and state court decisions interpreting the Rules, the Supreme Court’s decision in Peña-Rodriguez v. Colorado (2017), and recent state developments concerning prior offenses in sex crime cases.


Imprint: West Academic Publishing
Series: American Casebook Series
Publication Date: 10/31/2019

Olin Guy Wellborn III, University of Texas School of Law

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List of changes in Wellborn, Evidence 8th edition:

Numerous cases published after 2016 are added to the Notes throughout.

In Chapter 1, §1, United States v. Johnson and United States v. McRae have been reedited.

In Chapter 1, §2Aiii, People v. Howard has been reedited.

In Chapter 1, §2Aiv, United States v. Mound has been deleted, and State v. Ellison has been replaced by State v. Williams (Supreme Court of Missouri, 2018).

In Chapter 1, §3, Weil v. Seltzer has been reedited.

In Chapter 1, §4, Anderson v. Malloy has been reedited.

In Chapter 2, §2C, United States v. Owens has been reduced from principal case to a Note.

In Chapter 2, §3E, Notes on coconspirator statements have been significantly expanded.

In Chapter 2, §14Bi, Williamson v. United States has been reedited.

In Chapter 6, significant recent developments concerning electronic and photographic evidence are covered.

In Chapter 7, §5, Notes have been added concerning Rule 1005.

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