Chapter 3 - Sources of Evidence: Physical Evidence (Evidence Book p. 127-128) Flashcards
_____________ exhibits are usually visual exhibits that are created for trial in order to help clarify or explain a witness’s testimony.
Demonstrative
Powerpoint Presentation listing elements of a claim
Demonstrative Evidence
a timeline of events
Demonstrative Evidence
an explanatory diagram
Demonstrative Evidence
a directional map
Demonstrative Evidence
a photograph that helps explain a witness’s testimony
Demonstrative Evidence
Some judges allow __________ exhibits to go back to jury deliberation room, while others allow them only to be considered as exhibits in open court while a witness is testifying.
demonstrative
___________ exhibits are also often used by expert witnesses to help explain or clarify their technical or scientific opinions or theories of the case.
demonstrative
Typically these kinds of exhibits are not substantive evidence from the case itself (like a contract or letter), but are instead later created for trial as a visual aid to assist or clarify a witness’s testimony. What does this refer to?
Maps, Charts, Graphs, Diagrams
The four elements to lay the foundation for the exhibit with the witness are
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- what the exhibit represents
The four elements to lay the foundation for the exhibit with the witness are
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- that the witness is familiar with the exhibit or what it represents
The four elements to lay the foundation for the exhibit with the witness are
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- why the witness has that familiarity
The four elements to lay the foundation for the exhibit with the witness are
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- that the exhibit is a fair and accurate depiction of what it represents at the time it was perceived.
The four elements to lay the foundation for the exhibit with the witness are
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- what the exhibit represents
- that the witness is familiar with the exhibit or what it represents
- why the witness has that familiarity
- that the exhibit is a fair and accurate depiction of what it represents at the time it was perceived.
_____________ can be admitted at trial as a demonstrative exhibit used to help witnesses explain or clarify their testimony (if the witness actually viewed the scene and can state that the __________ is a fair and accurate depiction of what is depicted in the photograph.)
photographs
photograph