Laying Foundations and Meeting Objections: Section 2 - Text Documents

Text document exhibits are subject to the largest number of specialized evidentiary rules. The easiest way to deal with these rules is to consider first the general category into which the exhibit falls: It is either: an original, an exact duplicate with no markings that are not on the original, a "nonconforming" copy that has some markings that are not on the original, a summary of voluminous documents, or an email or other digital file. This book gives you detailed guidance on establishing the necessary foundation for each of these principal categories of text documents along with suggestions on how to meet possible objections.