Written by Professor Franklin D. Cleckley, Arthur B. Hodges Professor of Law, West Virginia University, and updated annually, Handbook on Evidence on West Virginia provides an up-to-date analysis of the law of evidence as it affects West Virginia lawyers. Geared to judges, practicing attorneys, litigators, and law students alike, Handbook on Evidence for West Virginia Lawyers offers in-depth discussion of the basic principles of the law of evidence, as well as a detailed study of the rules governing the introduction of trial evidence. Among the wide array of evidence issues discussed are the gathering and presenting of evidence, making and resisting objections, and recognizing errors in the admission of rejection of evidence for appellate purposes. Specific chapter topics include judicial notice, presumptions, relevancy, privileges available to witnesses, opinions and expert testimony, hearsay and extrajudicial statements, authentication and identification, best evidence rule, and burden of proof and stipulations.