Idaho Trial Handbook offers more than 600 pages of analysis of Idaho trial law, covering evidentiary, procedural, and substantive aspects. It examines caselaw, rules, and statutes and includes research references, a legal concepts/fact word index, and tables of cases and laws cited for fast, on-point trial law research. Other topics covered include:
- Opening statements, closing arguments, motions, and amendments
- Dismissal, continuance, and default
- Order of proof and burden of proof
- Confessions
- Real, demonstrative, illustrative, and documentary evidence
- Objections
- The role and responsibilities of attorneys
- Conduct of the trial
- Contempt of court
- Jury selection
- Proof of facts – alternatives to evidence
- Presumptions and inferences
- Relevance; prohibited proof
- Witnesses
- Testimonial privileges
- Opinion testimony and expert witnesses
- Examination of witnesses
- Impeachment
- Hearsay
- Admissions
- Documentary evidence
- Tests, analyses, and experiments
- Damages
- Objections
- Mistrial
- Dismissal for failure of proof
- Jury instructions
- Conduct of the jury
- Verdicts
- Judgments
- Restitution
- Costs
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