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a) Go to the police station and get someone to certify it. It is then self-authenticating under Rule 902(2).

b) Ask the police officer who prepared it if he is familiar with it, and if he is the author.

Questions? Email tanford@indiana.edu, and refer to 2104

(3), How would you authenticate the hospital emergency room report? Just because it is a business record does mean it has also been authenticated. You must both establish a hearsay exception and also authenticate it. Which witnesses could authenticate it and what two questions would you ask?
Here are your choices:
a) The plaintiff, Turner
b) The Big Red driver, Arden
c) A bystander who saw the accident
d) A police officer who investigated the accident
e) The EMT who transported Turner to the hospital
f) The emergency room admitting nurse who wouldn't let him see a doctor until he produced an insurance card
g) The ER physician
h) The tow truck operator who towed both the truck and the wheelchair to the repair shop
i) A paralegal for plaintiff's attorney who photographed the scene
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