EVIDENCE
2021 04-RC-00019-0 978-621-04-2216-0 Presumptions ....................................................................................... 25 Presumption of Innocence .......................................................... 30 Presumption of Unlawful Intent ................................................. 30 Presumption of Willful Suppression of Evidence....................... 30 Presumption that Possessor of the Thing is the Taker of the Thing............................................................. 31 Presumption of Regularity in the Performance of Official Duties ........................................................................ 31 Presumption of Death ................................................................. 32 Presumption in Criminal Cases .................................................. 33 Keep in Mind....................................................................................... 36 Summary ............................................................................................. 36 BS Criminology, BS Forensic Science, BS Industrial Security Management
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CONTENTS
CONTENTS
Chapter Test .................................................................................................................. 37
CHAPTER II ADMISSIBILITY, PRESENTATION, AND WEIGHT OF EVIDENCE
Preface ......................................................................................................................... ix
CHAPTER I INTRODUCTION TO CRIMINAL EVIDENCE Learning Objectives ...................................................................................................... 1 Introduction ................................................................................................................... 1
Learning Objectives ...................................................................................................... 45 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 45
Lesson 3.
Admissibility of Evidence ................................................................... 47 Admissibility ....................................................................................... 47 Relevance ............................................................................................ 48 Competence ......................................................................................... 48 Multiple Admissibility of Evidence..................................................... 50 Conditional Admissibility of Evidence ............................................... 51 Curative Admissibility of Evidence .................................................... 51 Keep in Mind....................................................................................... 52 Summary ............................................................................................. 52 Presentation of Evidence ..................................................................... 53 Offer .................................................................................................... 53 Objection ............................................................................................. 54 Ruling .................................................................................................. 56 Presentation of Witnesses.................................................................... 57 Swearing-In ................................................................................ 58 Examination of Witnesses .......................................................... 58 Leading and Misleading Questions ............................................ 60 Judicial Affidavit Rule................................................................ 61 Keep in Mind....................................................................................... 67 Summary ............................................................................................. 68 Weight and Sufficiency of Evidence ................................................... 69 Burden of Proof vs. Burden of Evidence............................................. 69 Standards of Proof ............................................................................... 70 Confessions in Criminal Cases ........................................................... 74 Circumstantial Evidence in Criminal Cases ....................................... 74 Keep in Mind....................................................................................... 75 Summary ............................................................................................. 75
Lesson 1.
Definition, Scope, and Kinds of Evidence .......................................... 2 Definition and Scope of Evidence....................................................... 2 Proof .................................................................................................... 6 Kinds of Evidence ............................................................................... 7 As to Form .................................................................................. 7 As to Relationship with Fact....................................................... 8 Other Classifications .................................................................. 10 Prima Facie Evidence ................................................................. 11 Electronic or Digital Evidence.................................................... 13 DNA Evidence ............................................................................ 13 Keep in Mind....................................................................................... 13 Summary ............................................................................................. 14 What Need Not Be Proved .................................................................. 15 Judicial Notice ..................................................................................... 15 Mandatory Judicial Notice.......................................................... 16 Discretionary Judicial Notice ..................................................... 18 Admissions .......................................................................................... 20 Confessions ........................................................................................ 22 Offer of Compromise in Criminal Cases as Admission of Guilt ................................................................. 23
Lesson 4.
Lesson 2.
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iii Presumptions ....................................................................................... 25 Presumption of Innocence .......................................................... 30 Presumption of Unlawful Intent ................................................. 30 Presumption of Willful Suppression of Evidence....................... 30 Presumption that Possessor of the Thing is the Taker of the Thing............................................................. 31 Presumption of Regularity in the Performance of Official Duties ........................................................................ 31 Presumption of Death ................................................................. 32 Presumption in Criminal Cases .................................................. 33 Keep in Mind....................................................................................... 36 Summary ............................................................................................. 36
Lesson 5.
Chapter Test .................................................................................................................. 77
CHAPTER III OBJECT EVIDENCE
Chapter Test .................................................................................................................. 37
Learning Objectives ..................................................................................................... 82 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 82
CHAPTER II ADMISSIBILITY, PRESENTATION, AND WEIGHT OF EVIDENCE
Lesson 6.
Object Evidence................................................................................... 83 Purpose of Object Evidence ................................................................ 83 Weight of Object Evidence .................................................................. 83 Categories of Object Evidence ............................................................ 84 Specific Examples of Object Evidence................................................ 85 201
Learning Objectives ...................................................................................................... 45 Introduction .................................................................................................................. 45
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