Appraise the general principles of the Federal Rules of Evidence and related state rules.
Write a 10- to 12-page paper that addresses all of the following.
- Discuss the relevance of the Rape Shield Law and FRE 412 in the case of Summitt v. State Supreme Court of Nevada (1985).
- Read Weil v. Seltzer, United States Court of Appeals, D.C. (1989) and discuss the issue of habit and routine practice as it relates to FRE 406.
- Discuss the issue of hearsay FRE 801(a)-(c) as held in the opinion of Commonwealth v. Farris, Superior Court of Pennsylvania (1977).
- Discuss the issue of excited utterance FRE 803 (2) as it relates to the City of Dallas v. Donovan, Court of Appeals Texas (1989).
NOTE: This assignment will require outside research. Use the textbook and at least two other scholarly resources to support your paper.
