Annotated Guide to Massachusetts Evidence, formerly entitled Massachusetts Evidentiary Standards, incorporates by permission the Supreme Judicial Court's Massachusetts Guide to Evidence, which codifies the statutory and decisional law of evidence in the commonwealth in the format of the Federal Rules of Evidence. This essential litigation title discusses: Judicial notice Inferences Presumptions Prima facie evidence Relevancy and its limits Privileges Disqualifications Witnesses Opinion and expert testimony Hearsay Authentications The contents of writings, recordings, and photographs The authors include: A list of the most commonly raised objections and their grounds The full text of the Federal Rules of Evidence Guidelines annotated with the authors' comments and synopses of more than 1,000 cases The Massachusetts Evidentiary Finder, which presents complete areas of evidence law at a glance