A Practical Guide to Texas Evidence - Softcover

Gerald Reading Powell; Hon. Ed Kinkeade

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1601560389 ISBN 13: 9781601560384

Publisher: LexisNexis / National Institut, 2009

Synopsis

Now in its fourth edition, A Practical Guide to Texas Evidence: Objections, Responses, Rules, and Practice Commentary, provides information on the appropriate way to offer and oppose evidence during pretrial and trial. This book is divided into nine easy-to-locate sections; General considerations, Privileges, Forms of questions, Relevance, Authentication and original documents, Exhibits, Opinions, Cross-examination and impeachment, Character evidence, and Hearsay.

About this title

About the Author

Professor Powell was a partner in a Dallas law firm, and an experienced trial lawyer, before joining the Baylor faculty to teach in the nationally acclaimed trial advocacy program. He holds an endowed chair in evidence law and is the director of the Practice Court Program. He was awarded the distinction of Master Teacher in 2006. In 2007 Powell was honored by the American Board of Trial Advocates for Stewardship of the 7th Amendment Right to Trial by Jury. The Honorable James E. (Ed) Kinkeade was appointed to the U.S. District Court, Northern District of Texas in 2002. Prior to that, he was a justice on the Fifth District Court of Appeals, Texas, from 1988 to 2002, and served in the Texas 194th District Court from 1981 to 1988. Judge Kinkeade also taught as an adjunct professor at Texas Wesleyan School of law from 1981 to 2002.

Edition details

• Publisher: LexisNexis / National Institut
• Publication date: 2009
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1601560389
• ISBN 13: 9781601560384
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 4
• Number of pages: 440