Admissibility of Evidence Flashcards
What is burden of proof?
Whoever makes the allegations has to prove them
What is facts in issue?
Ingredients of the offence and identity.
What is direct evidence?
What the witness says.
What is documentary evidence?
Literally documents e.g. Bank statement
What is real evidence?
Exhibits e.g. Knife
What must evidence be to be considered in court?
Admissible and relevent
What is competency?
Ability to give evidence
Explain compellable
Any person is eligible to give evidence and that makes them compellable
Explain credibility
Extent to which evidence is true
E.g. 10mates giving evidence about there meteor mate independent witness that saw what happened
Explain to me what does the fox say?!??!?!?!
Ding, ding,ding, ring, ding, ding, ding.