Complete exercise 19

Exercise #19: EVIDENCE Using the Federal Rules of Evidence please complete the following: 1 . Please provide your explanation of the text of the Rule stating that evidence must be relevant, and provide the rule number. 2. Please provide the Rule number defining hearsay. 3 . What are "writings" and "photographs" according to the Rules? Please also provide the Rule numbers. 4. According to the Rules, does it matter if a declarant is available to testify in considering exceptions to hearsay? Please state the applicable Rule numbers. 5 . Please provide the rule number that is commonly referred to as the "Best Evidence" rule. 6. Is your weekly habit of attending an AA meeting ever admissible in a court of law? Explain your answer. 7. What is the "Rape Shield" and what purpose does it serve? 8. Can a witness's character be attacked by evidence of the witness's prior conviction of a crime? 9. Can the testimony of a witness with knowledge serve as "authentication"? Please provide the applicable rule number. 10. If the defendant in a negligence suit has made a settlement offer in the past, can the settlement offer be introduced at trial to show that he may be liable? Why or why not? 71