Fall 2012
5357 Evidence - JANICKE- 12572

Professor(s): Paul Janicke (FACULTY)

Credits: 3

Course Areas: Procedure and Practice 

Time: 10:30a-12:00p  MWLocation: 144  BLB

Course Outline: The rules of evidence and reasons supporting them, state and federal, including relevancy, impeachment, presumptions, judicial notice, competency of witnesses, privileges, and the hearsay rule and its exceptions. Practical classroom exercises on admission of evidence will also be included.

Course Syllabus: Professor Janicke's faculty homepage contains a complete class plan. www.law.uh.edu/faculty/pjanicke

Course Notes:   

Prerequisites: No  

First Day Assignments: First week assignments:
Study the Introduction/Chap. 1 PowerPoint posted on my faculty homepage. Study the first three problems from the Class plan, also posted there. www.law.uh.edu/faculty/pjanicke

Final Exam Schedule: 12/17 9am-noon  240 BLB  209 BLB  

This course will have:
Exam: Yes
Paper: No

Satisfies Skills Course Requirement: No
Satisfies Senior Writing Requirement: No

Book Requirements:

• (4/10/2012 1:58:18 PM; last revised 7/23/2012 10:37:25 AM ) Title: Evidence Under the Rules
  Author: Christopher B. Mueller, Laird C. Kirkpatrick
  Edition: 7th Year: 2011 ISBN:  Publisher: Aspen Publishers
   Additional materials: Power Points, Federal and Texas Rules of Evidence, and other needed files are on Prof. Janicke’s homepage
  If the Kindle version exists, it is allowed by professor.