CITP Exam 2
FRE - answer Federal Rules of Evidence
Forms of Evidence - answer1. Testimonial
2.Real
3.Demonstrative
Voir Dire - answerJury Selection
Stages of a criminal trial - answer1. Pre-trial suppression hearings
2. Voir Dire
3. Opening statements from counsel
4. The Case-in-Chief
5. The defense case
6. The rebuttal case
7. Closing arguements
8. the charge to the jury
9. sentencing
10. Post-Trial proceedings
what must evidence be in order to be admissable? - answerRelevant
Direct evidence - answerproves a fact directly and without the need to draw an
inference or a conclusion about what the evidence implies or suggests may also be true
or false.
Circumstantial evidence - answertends to prove a fact indirectly through an inference,
deduction, or a conclusion.
how do you attack the credibility of a witness? - answerImpeachment
Factors that affect a witness credibility - answerBias, motive to fabricate testimony,
inability to observe or accurately remember, contradiction, prior inconsistent statements,
specific instances of conduct that indicate a witness is untruthful, prior convictions to
show untruthfulness
Laying a foundation for evidence - answerA proper foundation consists of evidence
usually in the form of testimony, that the item is what the party offering it claims it to be
FRE - answer Federal Rules of Evidence
Forms of Evidence - answer1. Testimonial
2.Real
3.Demonstrative
Voir Dire - answerJury Selection
Stages of a criminal trial - answer1. Pre-trial suppression hearings
2. Voir Dire
3. Opening statements from counsel
4. The Case-in-Chief
5. The defense case
6. The rebuttal case
7. Closing arguements
8. the charge to the jury
9. sentencing
10. Post-Trial proceedings
what must evidence be in order to be admissable? - answerRelevant
Direct evidence - answerproves a fact directly and without the need to draw an
inference or a conclusion about what the evidence implies or suggests may also be true
or false.
Circumstantial evidence - answertends to prove a fact indirectly through an inference,
deduction, or a conclusion.
how do you attack the credibility of a witness? - answerImpeachment
Factors that affect a witness credibility - answerBias, motive to fabricate testimony,
inability to observe or accurately remember, contradiction, prior inconsistent statements,
specific instances of conduct that indicate a witness is untruthful, prior convictions to
show untruthfulness
Laying a foundation for evidence - answerA proper foundation consists of evidence
usually in the form of testimony, that the item is what the party offering it claims it to be