LEGAL MED JURIS PEARLS Flashcards
Objects or substances which maybe a part of the body of the crime
CORPUS DELICTI
Smoking gun
CORPUS DELICTI
Body of the victim of the murdered
CORPUS DELICTI
Prohibited drugs recovered from a person
CORPUS DELICTI
Knife with blood stains or fingerprints of the suspect
CORPUS DELICTI
Stolen motot vehicle identified by plate number and body or engine serial numbers
CORPUS DELICTI
One cannot be compelled or focused to serve as a witness to himself
RIGHT AGAINST SELF INCRIMINATION
Subpoena for production of evidence
SUBPOENA DUCES TECUM
A judicial writ issued as a command to an inferior court or orderimg a person to perform a public or statutory duty
MANDAMUS
Expressed admissiom of guilt in a criminal case
CONFESSION
Confession made in court
JUDICIAL
Confession made outside pf court
EXTRAJUDICIAL
Statement of fact
ADMISSION
Narcoanalysis or narcosynthesis
SODIUM AMYTAL OR SODIUM PENTOTHAL
Administration of truth serum
HYOSCINE HYDROBROMIDE
There are two investigators opposite in character, one is arrogant and the other is friendly
MUTT AND JEFF TECHNIQUE
Suspects ar investigated separately
BLUFF ON SPLIT-PAIR
Endorsed the world medical association in 1975. Contains guidelines to be observed concerning torture, degrading treatment or punishment in relation to detention and imprisonment
TOKYO DECLARATION
Issued by the world medical association in 1964. It enumerates the recommendations to be used as guidelines in the performance of clinical expirementation or research
DECLARATION OF HELSINKI
Nuremberg code ethics in medical research
DECLARATION OF HELSINKI
Virgin
>12 yo and
QUALIFIED SEDUCTION
Single or widow of good reputation
>12 yo and
SIMPLE SEDUCTION
An act defining violence against women and their children:
Physical bodily harm
Psychological violence
Economic abuse
RA 9262
Children of prostitutes priests and nuns
MANCERES
Has sexual or erotic love for children
PEDOPHILIA
Engages sexual contact with child of either sex
PEDOPHILIA
Infliction of pain is necessary and sometimes the sole factor in enjoyment
SADISM
Called NECROSADISM OR LUST MURDER if the victim dies
SADISM
Reverse of sadism
MASOCHISM
Enjoyment sustained when pain or humiliation has been received from the opposite sex
MASOCHISM
Ligature applied around the base of the finger
MAGNUS TEST
Bloodless zone in a living person
MAGNUS TEST
Injection of fluorescein subQ
ICARDS
(+) circulation greenish yellow skin
ICARDS
Determines whether blood or semen is of human origin or not
PRECIPITIN TEST
Quantitative determination of the chloride content of the blood in the right and left ventricle
GETTLER’s TEST
The following may sign the death certificate…
Attending physician
Municipal health officer if there is no physician
Municipal mayor if there is no health officer or physician
Municipal secretary in the absence of the mayor
Any councilor
Cooling of the body
ALGOR MORTIS
Cadaveric rigidity, death struggle by muscles
RIGOR MORTIS
Occurs 3-6 hours after death
RIGOR MORTIS
Often demonstrates the last activity one did prior to death and is therefore significant in forensic investigation (clinging on a knife tightly)
CADAVERIC SPASMS
Evidence addressed to the senses of the court
AUTOPTIC OR REAL EVIDENCE
