Trial Handbook for Georgia Lawyers, 2023-2024 ed.

Trial Handbook for Georgia Lawyers, 2023-2024 ed.

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Trial Handbook for Georgia Lawyers examines Georgia-specific issues faced daily by trial attorneys, and analyzes the latest Georgia caselaw, rules, and statutes, with proper authorities cited. The work also reviews all critical aspects of Georgia trial practice, discussing substantive and procedural law in detail, with citation to controlling cases, statutes, and rules. Chapter topics include:

  • Conduct of trial
  • Motions during trial
  • Default and dismissal
  • Criminal trials
  • Competency of witnesses to testify

The publication details every aspect of a trial sequentially, providing quick access to the basic principles of trial law and the proper application of those principles.

Table of Contents

Chapter 1. Role of Attorney

Chapter 2. Conduct of Trial

Chapter 3. Motions During Trial, Default, Dismissal

Chapter 4. Criminal Trials

Chapter 5. Contempt of Court

Chapter 6. Selection of Jury

Chapter 7. Opening Statements

Chapter 8. Order of Proof

Chapter 9. Burden of Proof

Chapter 10. Proof of Facts

Chapter 11. Witnesses

Chapter 12. Impeachment of Witnesses

Chapter 13. Competency of Witnesses to Testify

Chapter 14. Dead Man’s Act

Chapter 15. Examination of Witnesses

Chapter 16. Cross-Examination

Chapter 17. Redirect and Recross-Examination

Chapter 18. Privileged Communications

Chapter 19. Judicial Notice

Chapter 20. Presumptions

Chapter 21. Real and Demonstrative Evidence

Chapter 22. View

Chapter 23. Documentary Evidence

Chapter 24. Opinion Evidence

Chapter 25. Hearsay Evidence

Chapter 26. Admissions

Chapter 27. Confessions

Chapter 28. Illegally Obtained Evidence

Chapter 29. Admissibility of Other Types of Evidence

Chapter 30. Objections to Evidence

Chapter 31. Mistrial

Chapter 32. Directed Verdict

Chapter 33. Damages

Chapter 34. Closing Arguments

Chapter 35. Instructions

Chapter 36. Conduct of Jury

Chapter 37. Verdict

Chapter 38. Judgment

Appendices

Appendix A. Fast Finder Table

Appendix B. Carlson’s Annotated Georgia Trial Objections

Appendix C. Forms

Appendix D. Georgia Rules of Evidence

Table of Laws and Rules

Table of Cases

Index

Publication Date

2023

Publisher

Thomson Reuters

City

Eagan, MN

Keywords

georgia, trial law, evidence, jury selection, witnesses, proof, privilege, admissions, confessions, motions

Disciplines

Civil Procedure | Criminal Procedure | Evidence

Trial Handbook for Georgia Lawyers, 2023-2024 ed.

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