Reliability

Reliability

1. Competency of Witness (a) Personal Knowledge; (b) Sencerity

   • (a) Personal Knowledge Factors; Perception, Memory, Communication
   • (b) Sincerity; Take an oath of Affirmation
     • Infants/Insane
     • Dead Man's Act (CA law only)
     • Authentication of Evidence
       • Documentary
       • Circumstantial Evidence
         • Ancient Documents
         • Family Records
         • Solicited reply doctrine
         • Photographs
         • X-Ray
       • Best Evidence Rule
         • Modifications
         • Duplicates
         • CA: Secondary Evidence Rule
       • Oral Statement

2. Judicial Notice

3. Written Testimonial Issues

   • Use of Writing in Aid of Testimony
     • Refreshing Recollection (Present Recollection Revived
     • Recorded Recollection (Past Recollection Recorded)
   • Authoritative Texts/Learned Treatises
   • Lay Testimony
   • Expert Testimony