Chapter 11

Question 1

Which of the following is an example of direct evidence?

Answer 1

testimony of an eyewitness

Question 2

Lay witnesses may testify to all of the following except what?

Answer 2

why the defendant committed the crime

Question 3

Tangible evidence used at trial such as documents or fingerprints are known as ______.

Answer 3

real evidence

Question 4

Typically, who reads the verdict?

Answer 4

the judge

Question 5

Upon receipt of the judge’s instructions, jurors deliberate in the ______.

Answer 5

jury room

Question 6

Testimony from a witness about evidence provided by someone else is known as ______.

Answer 6

hearsay

Question 7

What hypothesis suggests that when the evidence is uncertain, jurors are freed from the constraints imposed by the law and therefore may feel free to take legally irrelevant factors into consideration?

Answer 7

the Liberation Hypothesis

Question 8

Most jury trials result in acquittal.

Answer 8

False

Question 9

Once the jury moves to deliberate, there can be no more contact between the jury and the judge.

Answer 9

False