Impeachment
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Defendant is tried in federal court for bank robbery and decides to testify that he was home during the robbery. The...
...is witness are bad people. How should the court rule on each proposed impeachment item? Discuss Rule 609's different standards, the treatment of dishonest-act convictions, old convictions, arrests, and limiting instructi...
Citations: Fed. R. Evid. 609(a), Fed. R. Evid. 609(b), Fed. R. Evid. 403
In a federal civil trial, Plaintiff calls Witness expecting her to identify Defendant's delivery van as the van that...
In a federal civil trial, Plaintiff calls Witness expecting her to identify Defendant's delivery van as the van that hit Plaintiff's car. On direct examination, Witness instead says she is no longer sure whose van hit...
Citations: Fed. R. Evid. 607
At a federal trial, Witness testifies that she cannot identify the driver who ran the red light. At a deposition in t...
...use of a qualifying sworn prior inconsistent statement from ordinary impeachment use. Fed. R. Evid. 801(d)(1)(A), Fed. R. Evid. 613
Citations: Fed. R. Evid. 801(d)(1)(A), Fed. R. Evid. 613
Defendant is charged in federal court with distributing fentanyl. The government's key witness, Runner, testifies tha...
...k with his answers. How should the court analyze Defendant's proposed impeachment evidence? Discuss bias, extrinsic proof, Rule 608(b), Rule 403, and the court's control over cross-examination. This essay tests bias impe...
Citations: Fed. R. Evid. 607, Fed. R. Evid. 608(b), Fed. R. Evid. 611, Fed. R. Evid. 403
Defendant is charged with shooting a store clerk. Eyewitness Ortiz testifies that she saw Defendant fire the shot fro...
...is improper bolstering. How should the court rule? Discuss perception impeachment, contradiction, prior inconsistent statements, collateral limits, and any permissible rehabilitation or substantive use of the 911 call. T...
Citations: Fed. R. Evid. 607, Fed. R. Evid. 611, Fed. R. Evid. 801(d)(1)(B), Fed. R. Evid. 403
Defendant is on trial in federal court for armed robbery and testifies that he was not present at the scene. The gove...
Defendant is on trial in federal court for armed robbery and testifies that he was not present at the scene. The government seeks to impeach him with a six-year-old felony conviction for aggravated assault. The convic...
Citations: Fed. R. Evid. 609(a)(1)(B)
Driver sues TruckCo in federal court after a highway collision. The central issue is whether TruckCo's tractor-traile...
...ver's use of the deposition testimony and recorded interview? Discuss impeachment, substantive use, foundational requirements, and any limiting instruction. This essay tests impeachment by prior inconsistent statement, p...
Citations: Fed. R. Evid. 607, Fed. R. Evid. 613, Fed. R. Evid. 801(d)(1)(A), Fed. R. Evid. 403
During cross-examination in a federal trial, Counsel asks Witness, "Didn't you tell the insurance adjuster the traffi...
During cross-examination in a federal trial, Counsel asks Witness, "Didn't you tell the insurance adjuster the traffic light was red?" Witness's trial testimony was that the light was green. Opposing counsel asks to s...
Citations: Fed. R. Evid. 613(a)
In a federal civil trial, Defendant calls Accountant to testify about disputed invoices. Plaintiff wants to call a fo...
In a federal civil trial, Defendant calls Accountant to testify about disputed invoices. Plaintiff wants to call a former client to testify that Accountant has a reputation in the local business community for being di...
Citations: Fed. R. Evid. 608(a)
In a federal civil trial, Plaintiff calls Former Manager as a witness. Defendant seeks to impeach Former Manager with...
In a federal civil trial, Plaintiff calls Former Manager as a witness. Defendant seeks to impeach Former Manager with a felony embezzlement conviction entered 14 years ago. Former Manager was released from confinement...
Citations: Fed. R. Evid. 609(b)
In a federal drug trial, Informant testifies that Defendant sold him drugs. Informant denies expecting anything in re...
...ich statement is most accurate? The correct answer distinguishes bias impeachment from Rule 608(b) specific-act character impeachment. Fed. R. Evid. 607, Fed. R. Evid. 608(b), Fed. R. Evid. 611, Fed. R. Evid. 403
Citations: Fed. R. Evid. 607, Fed. R. Evid. 608(b), Fed. R. Evid. 611, Fed. R. Evid. 403
In a federal fraud trial, Witness testifies for the government. On cross-examination, Defendant's lawyer asks Witness...
In a federal fraud trial, Witness testifies for the government. On cross-examination, Defendant's lawyer asks Witness whether she was fired from a prior job for submitting false expense reports. Witness denies it. Def...
Citations: Fed. R. Evid. 608(b)
In a federal securities-fraud trial, the company's former bookkeeper, Lane, testifies for the government that Defenda...
...ify that Lane is an honest person. How should the court rule on these impeachment and rehabilitation offers? Discuss reputation and opinion evidence, cross-examination into specific instances, extrinsic proof, and truthf...
Citations: Fed. R. Evid. 608(a), Fed. R. Evid. 608(b), Fed. R. Evid. 403
In a federal trial, Witness testifies about the contents of a disputed contract. Opposing counsel seeks to impeach Wi...
In a federal trial, Witness testifies about the contents of a disputed contract. Opposing counsel seeks to impeach Witness with a three-year-old misdemeanor conviction for making a false statement on a loan applicatio...
Citations: Fed. R. Evid. 609(a)(2), Fed. R. Evid. 608(b)
Witness testifies at a federal trial that she never saw Defendant near the warehouse. On cross-examination, she denie...
Witness testifies at a federal trial that she never saw Defendant near the warehouse. On cross-examination, she denies previously telling a police officer, "I saw Defendant unlock the warehouse door." Defense counsel...
Citations: Fed. R. Evid. 613(b), Fed. R. Evid. 801(d)(1)(A)
Defendant is charged in federal court with robbing a pharmacy. The cashier, Vega, testifies at trial that she cannot...
...the three prior statements? Discuss Rule 801(d)(1), substantive use, impeachment or rehabilitation, and any timing issues. This essay tests Rule 801(d)(1) prior statements by a declarant-witness. Fed. R. Evid. 801(d)(1)...
Citations: Fed. R. Evid. 801(d)(1)(A), Fed. R. Evid. 801(d)(1)(B), Fed. R. Evid. 801(d)(1)(C), Fed. R. Evid. 613
Police arrested Tara for a bank robbery and brought her to an interview room. A detective intentionally did not give...
...statement, the locker cash, the later warned confession, and possible impeachment use. This essay tests Miranda remedies, physical fruits, later warned statements, deliberate two-step interrogation, coercion, and impeach...
Citations: NCBE NextGen UBE Content Scope, Criminal Procedure, U.S. Const. amend. V, Oregon v. Elstad, Missouri v. Seibert, United States v. Patane, Harris v. New York, Mincey v. Arizona
A federal judge is impeached by the House and convicted by the Senate for bribery. The Senate orders removal, disqual...
...statement is most accurate? The best answer states the Constitution's impeachment allocation and limits. U.S. Const. art. I, sec. 2, U.S. Const. art. I, sec. 3, Nixon v. United States
Citations: U.S. Const. art. I, sec. 2, U.S. Const. art. I, sec. 3, Nixon v. United States
After a verdict, a juror signs an affidavit stating that another juror brought internet articles into the jury room a...
...t under the federal evidence rules? The correct answer applies the no-impeachment rule and its outside-information exception. Fed. R. Evid. 606(b)
Citations: Fed. R. Evid. 606(b)
Four federal suits are filed. In the first, voters argue that their state no longer has a republican form of governme...
...llenges the Senate's use of a committee to receive evidence during an impeachment trial. In the third, voters allege that congressional districts have unequal populations. In the fourth, voters allege that the same distr...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. III, sec. 2, Baker v. Carr, Luther v. Borden, Nixon v. United States, Rucho v. Common Cause
Four lawsuits reach federal court. In the first, voters allege that their state government is not "republican" becaus...
...es to override statutes. In the second, a federal judge removed after impeachment alleges that the Senate violated the Constitution by appointing a committee to receive evidence and then reporting to the full Senate. In...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. III, sec. 2, Baker v. Carr, Luther v. Borden, Nixon v. United States, Rucho v. Common Cause, Japan Whaling Association v. American Cetacean Society
The House impeached a federal judge for taking bribes. The Senate convicted the judge by the required vote and entere...
...invalid, it could expel the member by a two-thirds vote. Analyze the impeachment consequences, criminal prosecution, added qualification, exclusion, and expulsion issues. This essay tests impeachment, congressional qual...
Citations: U.S. Const. art. I, sec. 2, U.S. Const. art. I, sec. 3, U.S. Const. art. I, sec. 5, U.S. Const. art. I, sec. 6, Powell v. McCormack, U.S. Term Limits, Inc. v. Thornton, Nixon v. United States