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
Repository Citation
Carlson, Ronald; Cook, Julian A.; and Carlson, Michael Scott, "Trial Handbook for Georgia Lawyers, 2023-2024 ed." (2023). Books. 172.
https://digitalcommons.law.uga.edu/books/172