Saturday, May 7, 2011

May 6, 2011

And on to the next: evidence.  Evidence met at 8:13 a.m. on Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays.  I may be a morning person, but it doesn't mean my brain is anything near functional when I wake up.  Because I tended to be more of a zombie than a responsive human being on these mornings, evidence was more a lesson in transcription than an active process of learning.  Thus, I find myself at the end of the semester with two sets of rules, a forty page outline, and not a clue where to begin.  So, I did the only logical thing: I started handwriting my outline while listening to Professor Goode's evidence CDs, condensing, comparing the Texas and federal rules, and coming up with mnemonics: PA-Hear-PICCASO-BROWN (the entire course); BAD-SPLITS-PEPPI-FM (hearsay exceptions); MIAmI-COP (acceptable purposes for offering proof of other bad acts); BICCC (methods of impeachment).  Along with my lovely mnemonics, I also have a hand covered in black ink and highlighter of five different colors.  I guess we'll call it a productive day?

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