California Criminal Evidence Workbook

1.  History, Bill of Rights, Basic Words and Terms

a.  Historical Review
b.  Bill of Rights
c.  Appellate Courts
d.  Evidence Code Development
e.  Basic Words and Phrases Defined
f.   Reading Assignment
g.  Fill-in Definitions
h.  Problem Exercise

2.  General Provisions of the Evidence Code

a.  Applicability of Evidence Code
b.  Questions of Law
c.  Duties of a Jury
d.  Order of Proof
e.  Relevant Evidence
f.   Exclusion of Relevant Evidence 
g.  Determination of Preliminary Facts
h.  Direct Evidence
i.   One Witness Rule
j.   Circumstantial Evidence
k.  Reading Assignment 1
I.   Fill-in Definitions 1
m. Problem Exercise

3.  Judicial Notice

a.  Judicial Notice Defined
b.  Judicial Notice Required
c.  Judicial Notice Optional
d.  Reading Assignment
e.  Discussion Guide

4.  Burden of Proof, Presumptions, and Inferences

a.  Burden of Proof Defined
b.  Burden of Producing Evidence
c.  Presumptions and Inferences
d.  Reading Assignment
e.  Discussion Guide

5.  Witnesses

a.  Competency and General Rules
b.  Disqualification to be a Witness
c.  Oaths Required
d.  Expert Witnesses
e.  Method and Scope of Witness Examination
f.   Leading Questions
g.  Witness Exclusion
h.  Witness Credibility
i.   Prior Felonies Used to Impeach a Witness
j.   Reading Assignment
k.  Problem Exercise

6.  Opinions 

a.  Opinions by Non-expert Witnesses
b.  Opinions by Expert Witnesses
c.  Qualification of Expert Witnesses
d.  Opinions as to Sanity
e.  Reading Assignment
f.   Discussion Guide

7.  Privileged Communication

a.  Privileged Communication Defined
b.  General.Rule for Witnesses
c.  Defendant at Trial
d.  Witness Privilege
e.  Lawyer-Client Privilege
f.   Spousal Privilege
g.  Physician-Patient Privilege
h.  Psychotherapist-Patient Privilege
i.   Clergyman-Penitent Privilege
j.   Official Information
k.  Informant's Identity
I.   Newsmen's Privilege
m. Reading Assignment
n.  Fill-in Definitions
o.  Problem Exercise

8.  Character, Habit, and Customs

a.  Statute and General Rule
b.  Opinion and Reputation of Defendant
c.  Character of Victim
d.  Reading Assignment
e   Discussion Guide

9.  Hearsay

a.  Hearsay Defined
b.  Hearsay Rule
c.  Exceptions to the Hearsay Rule
d.  Admissions and Confessions
e.  Adoptive Admissions
f.   Dedaration Against Interest
g.  Inconsistent Statement
h.  Past Recollection
i.   Prior Identification