A Practical Guide to Evidence in Maine

An indispensable resource for courtroom counsel in Maine

Product Number: 2160241B00
Publication Date: 10/23/2024
Edition: 2nd Edition 2024
Copyright: © 2024 MCLE, Inc.
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A Practical Guide to Evidence in Maine

An indispensable resource for courtroom counsel in Maine

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A collaboration by members of Maine's bench and bar, this comprehensive handbook for trying cases in Maine contains legal principles, foundational requirements, and over 100 sample courtroom examinations illustrating the practical implementation of the evidentiary approaches explored in the text. Starting with an introduction to the Maine Rules of Evidence, the book also covers presumptions, evidentiary exclusions and limitations, witness competence, corroboration and support, a spectrum of hearsay issues, identification, reputation, the impeachment and rehabilitation of witnesses, expert and lay witness testimony, as well as documentary and demonstrative evidence. Over 250 supporting cases are cited, along with hundreds of references to the rules and other primary law sources.

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- Update: October 2024
  Dear Subscriber:
  
  Thank you for choosing to stay current with this 2024 edition of A Practical Guide to Evidence in Maine. Inside, find material on the following topics and more:
  - Motions in limine. See Chapter 3 for 2024 decisions, including one where the court indicated that parties may file a motion in limine to determine the merits of the defense and thus the admissibility of the evidence relevant to that defense.
  - Subsequent remedial measures; accord and satisfaction. Chapter 3 adds new discussions of evidentiary exclusions and limitations.
  - Qualification as an expert. Chapter 12 cites a 2024 decision that distinguishes between lay opinion evidence and expert opinion evidence, and a 2023 case addressing whether opinion testimony is admissible as lay opinion evidence or can only be admitted as expert opinion evidence.
  - Admission of expert testimony. Chapter 12 offers a recent case decision on the topic of pretrial objections to evidence and whether they must be timely renewed at trial.
  We at MCLE trust that you will find this content useful in your litigation practice and valuable in your reference library.
  
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Introduction to the Maine Rules of Evidence
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Hon. Thomas E. Humphrey, Maine Supreme Judicial Court

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Presumptions and Facts Established Without Formal Proof
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Brian T. Marshall, Esq.,
Hon. John O'Neil, Jr., Maine Superior Court

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Evidentiary Exclusions and Limitations
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Hon. Ann M. Murray, Maine Superior Court
Hon. John C. Nivison, U.S. District Court for District of Maine

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Witness Competency, Corroboration, and Support
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Lara M. Nomani, Esq., Office of Maine Attorney General

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Hearsay Exceptions Involving State of Mind
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Daniel A. Pileggi, Esq.,

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Identification
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Walter F. McKee, Esq., McKee Law

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Reputation
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Ashley Perry, Esq., Sanders, Hanstein & Carey PA

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Impeachment
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Erica M. Johanson, Esq., Jensen Baird
Neal F. Pratt, Esq., Pierce Atwood LLP

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Rehabilitation of Witnesses
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Jeffrey D. Talbert, Esq.,

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Privileges
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Jonathan P. Hunter, Esq., Rudman & Winchell
David C. King, Esq., Rudman Winchell

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Lay Witness Opinion Testimony
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Hon. Andrew M. Horton, Maine Superior Court

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Expert Witness Opinion Testimony: Admission and Exclusion in Maine
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Sigmund D. Schutz, Esq., Preti Flaherty Beliveau & Pachios LLP

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Documentary Evidence
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David A. Goldman, Esq., Norman, Hanson & DeTroy LLC

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Demonstrative Evidence
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Brita J. Forssberg, Esq., Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, PA
Editors & Authors

Editor(s)

Timothy J. Bryant, Esq., Preti Flaherty Beliveau & Pachios LLP, Portland

Hon. John C. Nivison, U.S. District Court for District of Maine, Bangor

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Brita J. Forssberg, Esq., Bernstein, Shur, Sawyer & Nelson, PA, Portland

David A. Goldman, Esq., Norman, Hanson & DeTroy LLC, Portland

Hon. Andrew M. Horton, Maine Superior Court , Portland

Hon. Thomas E. Humphrey, Maine Supreme Judicial Court, Portland

Jonathan P. Hunter, Esq., Rudman & Winchell, Bangor

Erica M. Johanson, Esq., Jensen Baird, Portland

David C. King, Esq., Rudman Winchell, Bangor

Brian T. Marshall, Esq.,

Walter F. McKee, Esq., McKee Law, Augusta

Hon. Ann M. Murray, Maine Superior Court, Bangor

Hon. John C. Nivison, U.S. District Court for District of Maine, Bangor

Lara M. Nomani, Esq., Office of Maine Attorney General, Augusta

Hon. John O'Neil, Jr., Maine Superior Court, Alfred

Ashley Perry, Esq., Sanders, Hanstein & Carey PA, Farmington

Daniel A. Pileggi, Esq.,

Neal F. Pratt, Esq., Pierce Atwood LLP, Portland

Sigmund D. Schutz, Esq., Preti Flaherty Beliveau & Pachios LLP, Portland

Jeffrey D. Talbert, Esq., Newark

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A Practical Guide to Evidence in Maine

An indispensable resource for courtroom counsel in Maine

A Practical Guide to Evidence in Maine

An indispensable resource for courtroom counsel in Maine

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Recent updates:

Table of Contents

Introduction to the Maine Rules of Evidence

Presumptions and Facts Established Without Formal Proof

Evidentiary Exclusions and Limitations

Witness Competency, Corroboration, and Support

Hearsay Exceptions Involving State of Mind

Identification

Reputation

Impeachment

Rehabilitation of Witnesses

Privileges

Lay Witness Opinion Testimony

Expert Witness Opinion Testimony: Admission and Exclusion in Maine

Documentary Evidence

Demonstrative Evidence

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