Criminal Evidence, Tenth Edition, is primarily a textbook for studying the evidentiary framework in the administration of criminal justice. It contains materials that relate to general evidence law used by the state and federal justice systems along with frequent references to the Federal Rules of Evidence as a benchmark of how the law of evidence applies in particular situations. Evidentiary principles are embedded in criminal cases and in textual references involving murder, robbery, assault, battery, and other crimes. Using a criminal prosecution context, the book presents the traditional rules of evidence that often affect criminal cases encountered by lawyers, police, and criminal justice professionals.
The book is organized into two parts. Part I deals with the development of rules of evidence and the study of criminal evidence. It explains the meaning of concepts such as the burden of proof, judicial notice, presumptions, inferences, and stipulations. It also discusses the rules and exceptions that govern the admissibility of evidence and the competency of witnesses in criminal trials. Part II provides judicial decisions relating to the specific legal principles discussed in Part I.

• 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.