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| October 17, 2012

Here’s another sam­ple ques­tion from the Texas Board of Legal Spe­cial­iza­tion: In fed­eral court, where a hearsay state­ment is admit­ted, the cred­i­bil­ity of the declar­ant may be attacked by: a. Prior con­vic­tions, sub­ject to Rule 609; b. Opin­ion and rep­u­ta­tion tes­ti­mony con­cern­ing the declarant’s truth­ful­ness; c. Prior incon­sis­tent state­ments; d. Spe­cific instance of con­duct, if probative […]

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