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Evidence - Coggle Diagram

- - - - Declaration to speak truthfully
      - Personal knowledge
- - - - Liability Insurance
      - Subsequent Remedial Measures
      - Settlement offers
      - Withdrawn Guilty Pleas
  - - - Direct examination
        
        Prosecution can't start
      - Cross examination
        
        Defendant can introduce evidence of good character to prove innocence & also for impeachment
    - - Direct examination
        
        Generally not admissible except for when character is an issue in case i.e. child custody, defamation, etc.
      - Cross examination
        
        Only for impeachment
- - - - Former Testimony
      - Statements against interests
      - Dying declarations
      - Statement of personal or family history
      - Statement offered against party producing declaring declarant's unavailability
    - - Excited utterance
      - Present Sense Impression
      - Present state of mind or physical conditon
      - Business records
      - Public Records
      - Past Recollection
- - - - Labal tag, or trademark affixed on item in regular course of business
      - Certified public documents (by clerk of agency or court that had custody)
      - Acknowledged documents signed before notary, sworn to truth, content, and execution (except wills)
      - Newspapers and periodicals with reasonably wide circulation
      - Instruments - negotiable and commercial paper
      - Sealed documents (government certified)
      - Official publications issued by public authority