Exercise #17 Please determine what types of evidence the following may be, and i

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Exercise #17

Please determine what types of evidence the following may be, and if hearsay, please explain if there may be exception to the hearsay rule:

1. A man holing a book of matches at the scene of a fire.

2. A person who is dead, a smoking gun on the floor, and a person standing over the deceased.

3. Seeing a car hitting a pedestrian.

4. A certified birth certificate.

5. An affidavit.

6. A receipt for prescription drugs.

7. “John just said that he killed Susan!”

8. A witness who saw that a child had a compound fracture of his leg.

9. An imprint of teeth marks on a person’s arm.

10. A dairy.

Types of Evidences

Personal Evidence – Testimony from a person at a crime scene

Physical Evidence – Things at the crime scene that link the perpetrator to the crime

Misc. Evidence – Documented proofs not included in the above two

Corpus Delicti Evidence – Proof that a crime has occurred

Ans 1 – Physical Evidence – Match Box

Ans 2 – Physical Evidence – Smoking Gun

Ans 3 – Personal Evidence – Testimony of seeing the scene

Ans 4 – Misc. Evidence – Documented Proof

Ans 5 - Misc. Evidence – Documented Proof

Ans 6 - Misc. Evidence – Documented Proof

Ans 7 – Personal Evidence – Testimony

Ans 8 – Personal Evidence – Witness

Ans 9 - Corpus Delicti Evidence – Proof that a crime has occurred

Ans 10 - Misc. Evidence – Documented Proof

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