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xviii Contents 7. Expert Testimony Must Be Reliable: Requirements of Rule 702 518 8. Expert Testimony Must Have a Proper Basis 522 9. Expert Testimony: Limits on Opinions Going to Ultimate Issues 525 10. Expert Testimony: Disclosing Facts Underlying Opinion 529 11. Expert Testimony: Court-appointed Experts 530 Chapter 8: Privileges 535 A. Introduction 535 B. The Federal Rule 537 C. General Principles 538 1. The Nature of Privileges 538 2. Covered Relationships 539 3. “Confidential Communications” 539 4. “Holder” of the Privilege 543 5. “Waiver” of the Privilege 544 D. The Attorney-Client Privilege 546 1. In General 546 2. Definition of Client and Attorney 547 Upjohn Co. v. United States 547 3. Survival of Attorney-Client Privilege After Death of Client 555 Swidler & Berlin v. United States 556 4. Exceptions to the Attorney-Client Privilege 559 United States v. Zolin 561 5. A Note about the Attorney’s Ethical Obligation of Confidentiality 569 6. A Note about the Attorney Work Product Doctrine 569 E. Medical Privileges 571 Jaffe v. Redmond 574 State v. Agacki 579 F. Clergy Privilege 583 1. In General 583 People v. Edwards 585 2. Exceptions 589 G. Spousal Privileges 590 1. In General 590 2. The Privilege for Confidential Communications between Spouses 591 3. The Adverse Testimony Privilege 592 Trammel v. United States 593 4. Exceptions to the Spousal Privileges 597 H. Miscellaneous Privileges 598
Contents xix Monica S. Lewinsky, Tell Mama All About It Not Without a Lawyer: Parents and children shouldn’t be required to testify against each other 599 Chapter 9: Burdens of Proof and Presumptions 603 A. Burdens of Proof 603 1. Introduction 603 2. Burden of Persuasion 603 a. Specifying the Quantum of Evidence 603 b. Identifying the Party That Bears the Burden 604 3. Burden of Production 604 B. Presumptions 608 1. Inferences and Presumptions 609 2. A Word about “Conclusive” or “Irrebuttable” Presumptions 609 3. Why We Use Presumptions 610 4. How Presumptions Operate: Some Terminology 611 5. Causing a Presumption to Take Effect 611 6. Rebutting Presumptions 612 DeFeo v. Merchant 612 a. What If the Opponent Does Nothing 614 b. What If the Opponent Only Challenges One or More of the Foundational Facts 615 c. What If the Opponent Only Challenges the Presumed Fact 615 d. What If the Opponent Challenges Both the Foundational and the Presumed Facts 617 e. A Caveat 617 7. Conflicting Presumptions in the Same Case 618 8. Presumptions in Criminal Cases 619 9. Presumptions under the Federal Rules of Evidence 619 Appendix A: The Federal Rules of Evidence 623 Appendix B: Unadopted Federal Rules of Evidence 763 Table of Cases 773 Table of Federal Rules of Evidence 777 Table of Authorities 781 Index 793
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