Please be sure to cite the applicable FRE rule number for each of these regardless of whether the question specifies.

Using the Federal Rules of Evidence please complete 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 Rule? 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 you answer.

7. What is the Rape Shield and what purpose does it serve?

8. Can a witness character be attacked by evidence of the witnesss 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?