Writings Page 181 o Have to figure out factually detailed wise what characteristics the writing has to have

to make it logically relvant in the case and then you have to prove it factually relevant o Writings often want to do your work in laying the foundation because writings tell you what they are But you still have to prove what they are even when they say what they are But its different than object such as a knife But just like other kind of real proof there are recognizable and fungible o Hand writing is recognizable printed items like books are fungible are fungible unless you underline and make it recognizable o Ancient document rule FRE 901 Deals with this problem: have a will wrote it a few years ago and you die at 85 and the will is gonna be 20 yrs old by the time someone looks at, the witnesses are dead, but anyone who knew them is dead. How do you authenticate the signatures It looks like it should look, it was where it should be and it is ___ years old or older And therefore it is ancient document, and if it is 20yrs or more You have authenticated the document as the will