Ardell Delaney, a professional baseball player, is charged with armed robbery. The State of Nita has accused him of robbing Miller's Fine Jewelers, holding assistant manager Lexi Waitkus at gunpoint while he emptied the safe of cash and coins. The defendant contends that this is a case of mistaken identification; he claims that at the time of the robbery he was having his car checked for emissions certification. This case file includes four witnesses for the plaintiff and four witnesses for the defendant including an eyewitness and expert witness on both sides. The new edition includes Facebook pages and text messages, allowing students to experience the special challenges of building a proper foundation for the admission of media exhibits. Color copies of all exhibits are available online for reproduction and use.

State alleges that Ardell Delaney committed the felony of armed robbery.

Ardell Delaney, a professional baseball player, is charged with armed robbery. The State of Nita has accused him of robbing Miller's Fine Jewelers, holding assistant manager Lexi Waitkus at gunpoint while he emptied the safe of cash and coins. The defendant contends that this is a case of mistaken identification; he claims that at the time of the robbery he was having his car checked for emissions certification. This case file includes four witnesses for the plaintiff and four witnesses for the defendant including an eyewitness and expert witness on both sides. The new edition includes Facebook pages and text messages, allowing students to experience the special challenges of building a proper foundation for the admission of media exhibits. Color copies of all exhibits are available online for reproduction and use.

In addition to covering the basics of collecting, preserving and presenting evidence, this revision presents the latest developments in the law of evidence that are of interest to criminal justice personnel. Highlights include: chapter outlines, lists of key terms and concepts for each chapter, a glossary, and new, up-to-date cases in Part II. Each chapter includes chapter outline, key terms and concepts. Part II contains briefs of judicial decisions related to the topics covered in the the text, in order to help the reader learn rule of law as well as the reasoning of the court that guides future court rulings. The book is rounded out with a Glossary, Appendices Related to the Federal Rules of Evidence and Uniform Rules of Evidence, and a Table of Cases.