James Publishing: Trial Objections

Trial Objections

by R. Rogge Dunn and Karen Hirschman

Book Description

Trial Objections explains when and how to make and meet objections more successfully. This quick-reference book covers the full range of objections, complete with more than 100 pattern objections, tactics, forms, suggested responses, necessary foundations, and hundreds of state and federal cases. Also includes a handy quick reference guide.

Trial Objections has trial-tested pattern language that gives you a concise statement of almost every objection you might need in court and includes foundation checklists, tactics and the latest cases, which you’ll need for successfully making and defending objections. With this annually-updated, briefcase-sized book, you’ll be prepared for court. Trial Objections brings you:

Index of Objections. A quick-reference to any objection. Simply find the relevant subject area and flip to that section for the objection, case or tactics you need to master the moment.
An overview of objections in general (§§100-144). This part of the book covers making and timing your motions in limine, making effective motions to strike, curative and limiting instructions complete with samples, and demanding offers of proof.
Objections during the preliminary stages of trial (§§200-281). This section includes pattern language, tips, tactics and cases for the many possible objections you might need to make during jury selection and opening statement.
A thorough, detailed section on objections to demonstrative, documentary and hearsay evidence (§§300-365). This material covers all aspects of demonstrative and documentary evidence, and provides you with a wealth of detail on hearsay evidence, hearsay within hearsay, and non-hearsay evidence.
Objections to witnesses (§§400-455). This section is filled with methods, foundations, and all you’ll need for making and meeting objections based on witness competence. Also included are all the objections you’ll make while opposing counsel is examining the witness. The book goes on to cover objections used to attack the qualifications of an expert witness, use of the expert and/or his testimony. Next, you’ll find complete coverage of protecting and objecting to privileged evidence.
Attorney and Judicial Misconduct are covered in §§500-514, Summation and Closing Argument in §600, and Indexes are at the back of the book.
Forms, explanation, and disk. This section of the book describes the forms included on the enclosed disk and their uses. The forms include motions in limine, jury questionnaires and other pleadings for use at the pre-trial hearing, on the eve of trial and during trial.

Trial Objections is designed to be used when you’re working on a case that goes to trial. Slip it into your briefcase—it weighs less than two pounds and measures only 9x6 inches—and see whether it bolsters your courtroom abilities. You’ll feel better prepared, and more able to defend your position with the tactics, key cases and foundations that support your point.

The book now features all of the forms on an easy-to-use forms disk - over 30 forms in all.

Updated annually. ISBN 0-58012-018-0 Book price: $99.00

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Reviews

"The format in which the authors present the information is the most attractive attribute of the book. Each broad category of evidence addressed, such as "demonstrative evidence," contains specific, bold-faced objections for use as to specific items in that category, such as "charts, diagrams, graphs, or maps." Brief, identifiable sections on substantive commentary, tactics, responses, evidentiary foundations and case annotations follow each objection. The color-coded tabbing in the book makes each category easy to locate and the tables of contents for the chapters within each category provide easy access to the specific objections."

Excerpted from The Houston Lawyer, July/August, 1996.