Criminal Law MPTC Latest Version Graded A Direct Evidence directly links a person to a crime and without the need of any additional evidence or inference.
Example: a video recording of offender robbing the convenience store while holding a gun
Circumstantial evidence relies on an inference to con...
Criminal Law MPTC Latest Version Graded A Direct Evidence ✔✔directly links a person to a crime and without the need of any additional evidence or inference. Example: a video r ecording of offender robbing the convenience store while holding a gun Circumstantial evidence ✔✔relies on an inference to connect a conclusion of fact Example: if a defendants finger print was found at the scene of a convenience store robbery, a jury co uld conclude that the defendant was in the store at some point, but the fingerprint is not direct evidence that the defendant committed the robbery physical evidence ✔✔tangible and may be direct or circumstantial. includes objects, property, or items seized at crime scenes or during searches. testimonial evidence ✔✔may be direct or circumstantial. includes first hand statements made by victims, witnesses, suspects or police. examples: statements made directly to t he police, spontaneous utterances overheard by witnesses, written statements, interview and interrogation recordings. Direct testimonial evidence ✔✔when a victim, suspect, or witness makes a statement about what he or she saw, heard, or felt "firsthand" u sing his or her own senses Circumstantial testimonial evidence ✔✔suggests other facts from which reasonable inferences can be drawn. example: a witness might testify that he sees mail in a mailbox. this is evidence that the mailman has been there; no on e saw him, but one can reasonably infer that he has been there because there is mail in the mailbox. Hearsay Testimony ✔✔"secondhand" knowledge repeated about what another person said about what he or she saw, heard, or felt
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