Evidence:

7. Impeachment and Rehabilitation

   1. Introduction

      McCormick on Evidence

   2. Character for Untruthfulness

      1. In General

         Advisory Committee Note to F.R.E. 608

         Advisory Committee Note to F.R.E. 610

         United States v. Lollar

         United States v. Rosa

         United States v. Ling

         United States v. White

         United States v. Aponte

         Problems

      2. Prior Criminal Convictions

         1. Admissible and Inadmissible Convictions

            United States v. Wong

            United States v. Amaechi

            United States v. Sanders

            United States v. Oaxaca

            United States v. Hernandez

            Richard D. Friedman, Character Impeachment Evidence: The Asymmetrical Interaction Between Personality and Situation  

         2. Preserving Claims of Error

            Luce v. United States

            Ohler v. United States

            Problems

   3. Prior Inconsistent Statements

      Advisory Committee Note to F.R.E. 613

      United States v. Lebel

      United States v. Dennis

      United States v. Ince

      United States v. Webster

      Problems

   4. Bias and Incapacity

      United States v. Abel

      United States v. Sasso

      Henderson v. DeTella

   5. Specific Contradiction

      Simmons, Inc. v. Pinkerton's, Inc.

      United States v. Copelin

      Kevin C. McMunigal & Calvin William Sharpe, Reforming Extrinsic Impeachment  

      Problems

   6. Rehabilitation

      1. In General

         United States v. Lindemann

      2. Character for Truthfulness

         Advisory Committee Note to F.R.E. 608

         Beard v. Mitchell

         United States v. Danehy

         United States v. Murray

         Problems

      3. Prior Consistent Statements

         Tome v. United States

         United States v. Simoneli

         Problem

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