Additional Topics

Question 1

FRE 601

Answer 1

Competency to Testify in General

Question 2

FRE 602

Answer 2

Need for Personal Knowledge: expert witnessed don’t need personal knowledge because it’s their own knowledge they’re using to apply to the situation

Question 3

FRE 603

Answer 3

Oath or Affirmation to Testify Truthfully: every witness must take an oath or affirm that she will testify truly; there are no technical requirements in respect to the wording of the oath or affirmation BUT the rule provides that “It must be in a form designed to impress that duty on the witness’s conscience.”

Question 4

FRE 605

Answer 4

Judge’s Competency as a Witness: trial judge is not permitted to testify in the case pending before her

Question 5

FRE 606

Answer 5

Juror’s Competency as a Witness: a member of the jury is not permitted to testify before the jury in the trial in which the juror is sitting

Question 6

FRE 901

Answer 6

Authenticating or Identifying Evidence

Question 7

FRE 902

Answer 7

Evidence That Is Self-Authenticating

Question 8

FRE 1001

Answer 8

CONTENTS OF WRITINGS, RECORDINGS, AND PHOTOGRAPHS: Definitions That Apply to This Article

Question 9

FRE 1002

Answer 9

CONTENTS OF WRITINGS, RECORDINGS, AND PHOTOGRAPHS: Requirement of the Original

Question 10

FRE 1003

Answer 10

CONTENTS OF WRITINGS, RECORDINGS, AND PHOTOGRAPHS: Admissibility of Duplicates

Question 11

FRE 1004

Answer 11

CONTENTS OF WRITINGS, RECORDINGS, AND PHOTOGRAPHS: Admissibility of Other Evidence of Content

Question 12

FRE 1005

Answer 12

CONTENTS OF WRITINGS, RECORDINGS, AND PHOTOGRAPHS: Copies of Public Records to Prove Content

Question 13

FRE 1006

Answer 13

CONTENTS OF WRITINGS, RECORDINGS, AND PHOTOGRAPHS: Summaries to Prove Content

Question 14

FRE 1007

Answer 14

CONTENTS OF WRITINGS, RECORDINGS, AND PHOTOGRAPHS: Testimony or Statement of a Party to Prove Content

Question 15

FRE 1008

Answer 15

CONTENTS OF WRITINGS, RECORDINGS, AND PHOTOGRAPHS: Functions of the Court and Jury