What is the reputation of a defendant and how do you prove it in a criminal trial?

Directions: Provide Short Essay Answers and Cite Your Work Using APA Style.  Make sure you properly cite using APA, case law, and the applicable Federal rules of evidence or Constitutional amendment(s) applicable to support your answer.

1. What is the reputation of a defendant and how do you prove it in a criminal trial?

2. What are some important factors in considering the character of a witness?

3. What are the three exceptions to FRE 412, prohibiting the introduction of evidence that a sexual assault victim engaged in other sexual behavior or proof of a victim’s sexual predisposition?

4. When a defendant tries to prove that he acted in self-defense, what must he or she show?

5. What is the doctrine of chances?

6. Explain when a victim’s character is at issue at trial.

7. What is the best evidence rule and when does it apply?

8. When is a defendant not required to comply with a subpoena duces tecum and produce documents in his or her possession?

9. What are the three types of discovery the defendant can obtain from the prosecution under Federal Rule of Criminal Procedure 16, and which type is granted reciprocal discovery?

10. What are the defenses that the defendant may be required to disclose to the prosecution prior to trial?

11. Explain what must be shown in order for a defendant to succeed on a Brady claim under Banks v. Dretke, 540 U.S. 668 (2004).

12. Explain the significance of the Supreme Court decision in Arizona v. Youngblood as it relates to a due process argument in a Brady claim.

     

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13. The Crime Scene Investingation website at http://www.crime-scene-investigator.net. Click on Crime Scene Response Guidelines". Read the article "Personnel Duties and Responsbilities." Discuss you findings.