This one-of-a-kind book supplies all you need to know about this sometimes misunderstood concept. In fifteen chapters you'll find the topic of vouching covered from every angle, backed up with relevant case citations whenever applicable. You'll discover when it's permissible, and when it's prohibited. You'll get a cleared picture of where the illusive grey areas lie, and learn to recognize when it's been crossed. If you are a trial lawyer, prosecution or defense, you need this book to help establish your expertise in the sometimes confusing area of vouching.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgment
1. Overview
2. Ethics Proscriptions
3. Personal Opinions of the Speaker (First Person Opinions)
4. Permissible Personal Opinions
5. Permissible Opinions of Others
6. Placing the Prestige of the Government behind Witnesses: Prosecution
7. Placing the Prestige of the Government behind Witnesses: Police
8. Facts Not in Evidence
9. Negative Vouching
10. Non-Verbal Vouching
11. Vouching by Implication
12. Arguing the Risks of Falsely Testifying
13. Melodramatic implications of acquittal
14. Invited response
15. Remedies