I made this list of issues that come up at trial consistently. The headings and sections come from Richardson on Evidence.
ARTICLE III
PRESUMPTIONS AND BURDEN OF PROOF
1. § 3-128 Mailing and Delivery
2. § 3-140 The “Missing Witness”
ARTICLE IV
RELEVANCY AND CIRCUMSTANTIAL EVIDENCE
3. § 4-101 Relevancy – The Primary Standard of Admissibility
ARTICLE VI
WITNESSES
4. § 6-110 Parties to the Suit or Interested Persons
5. § 6-114 The “Advocate-Witness Problem”
6. § 6-226 Questions Assuming Controverted Facts
ARTICLE VII
OPINION–EXPERT WITNESS
7. § 7-310 Where Expert Lacks Personal Knowledge – Hypothetical Question
8. § 7-312 Hearsay Sources
9. § 7-317 X-rays, MRI’s, etc.
ARTICLE VIII
HEARSAY
10. § 8-101 Hearsay Defined
ADMISSIONS-GENERAL
11. § 8-201 Admission—Defined
FORMAL JUDICIAL ADMISSIONS
12. § 8-215 Formal Judicial Admissions
13. § 8-219 Informal Judicial Admissions
BUSINESS RECORDS
14. § 8-301 Business Records Exception to the Hearsay Rule
15. § 8-303 The New York Statute – CPLR 4518
16. § 8-304 Production of Original Books
17. § 8-305 Foundation Requirements
18. § 8-306 Testimony Needed to Lay Foundation
19. § 8-308 Application of Business Rule—In General
20. § 8-309 Business Records – Hospital and Medical Records Generally
ARTICLE IX
AUTHENTICATION AND PROOF OF WRITINGS
21. § 9-101 Necessity of Showing Authenticity of Writing
ARTICLE X
THE BEST EVIDENCE RULE
22. § 10-101 Rule Stated
23. § 10-105 Rule Applies only to Proof of Contents
24. § 10-110 Photographic and Similar Reproductions
SECONDARY EVIDENCE
25. § 10-201 Foundation for Secondary Evidence
26. § 10-206 Destruction by Party Offering Secondary Evidence