 | Chapter Objectives
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- Briefly outline the steps in a trial process.
- Assess the importance of a criminal investigator's knowing the rules of evidence.
- Describe the hearsay rule and the philosophy under which the exceptions to this rule have evolved.
- Explain the impact of Crawford v. Washington on the rules of evidence.
- Explain the reason for the existence of evidentiary privileges.
- Discuss the role of an investigator as a witness in a criminal trial.
- Explain the purpose of cross-examination.
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