The closing arguments of counsel are made after the submission of evidence to the trier is finished and before the trier deliberates. Custom and local practice determine whether closing arguments are made before or after the the trial court, in a jury trial, instructs the jury about the applicable law.

United States v. McCellan, 868 F.2d 210, 214-215 (7th Cir. 1989) (upholding trial court's admission of the testimony of defendant's ex-wife from the 1986 adversary proceeding in bankruptcy because his ex-wife was unavailable....For purposes of the hearsay exceptions created by Federal Rule of Evidence 804 or a comparable State rule a declarant is "unavailable" within the meaning of Rule 804(a) or a comparable State rule if the declarant (1) is exempted by ruling of the court on the ground of privilege from testifying concerning the subject matter of the declarant's statement; or (2) persists in refusing to testify concerning the subject matter of the declarant's statement despite an order of the court to do so; or (3) testifies to a lack of memory of the subject matter of the declarant's statement; or (4) is unable to be present or to testify at the hearing because of death or then existing physical or mental illness or infirmity; or (5) is absent from the hearing and the proponent of a statement has been unable to procure the declarant's attendance (or in the case of a hearsay exception under subdivision (b)(2), (3), or (4) of Rule 804(b) or a comparable State rule, the declarant's attendance or testimony) by process or other reasonable means; but a declarant is not "unavailable" if such exemption, refusal, claim of lack of memory, inability, or absence is due to the procurement or wrongdoing of the proponent of a statement for the purpose of preventing the witness from attending or testifying.

United States v. Gonzalez, 533 F.3d 1057, 1061-1063 (9th Cir. 2008) (holding that the trial court erroneously admitted into evidence the officer's retelling of Tirado's story as prior consistent statement because "the retelling....A prior statement of a witness is exempt from the prohibition against hearsay evidence if the prior statement is consistent with the witness' testimony at the trial or hearing at which the prior statement is offered, the prior statement is offered to rebut a express or implied charge of recent fabrication or motive, and the witness who made the prior statement testifies and is subject to cross-examination at the trial or hearing at which the prior statement is offered.

Fed. R. Evid. 412.Rape shield laws limit the introduction in trials involving charges or claims of sexual assault or sexual misconduct, of evidence of the sexual disposition or other sexual conduct of an alleged victim of a sexual assault or sexual misconduct.