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This 2008–2009 Case, Rules, and Materials Supplement updates the authors’ casebook, Evidence: A Structured Approach, with relevant new statutes and rules, plus significant new cases that emphasize additions or changes To The law. Moreover, it provides a side-by-side comparison of key features of the Federal Rules of Evidence And The California Evidence Code, arranged in the same order as in the casebook. Questions for Classroom Discussion highlight the differences and similarities between these two sets of codes. Covered in this 2008–2009 Case, Rules, and Materials Supplement: The Supreme Court’s June 2008 decision in Giles v. California, which further explores the meaning of the Sixth Amendment Confrontation Clause Updated Questions for Classroom Discussion highlighting the differences between the Federal Rules of Evidence And The California Evidence Code Side-by-side comparison of the Federal Rules of Evidence And The California Evidence Code