Forms of Evidence - 1. Testimonial
2.Real
3.Demonstrative
Voir Dire - Jury Selection
Stages of a criminal trial - 1. 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? - Relevant
Direct evidence - proves 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 - tends to prove a fact indirectly through an inference,
deduction, or a conclusion.
how do you attack the credibility of a witness? - Impeachment
Factors that affect a witness credibility - Bias, 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 - A proper foundation consists of evidence usually in
the form of testimony, that the item is what the party offering it claims it to be
Can witnesses testify from their reports or notes - No, except for some expert witnesses
and in a few other limited circumstances. Memory can be "refreshed" if a witness
forgets a fact while testifying.
How many drug schedules are there? - 5
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