Evidence – Means‚ Mode‚ or Manner to Ascertain the Truth about a Matter of Fact in a Judicial Proceeding. Essential Parts of the Legal Definition of Evidence: WHAT: 3M – Means‚ Mode or Manner WHY: ATF – to ascertain the truth about a matter of fact WHERE: J – in a Judicial Proceeding - it is a medium or means by which a fact is proved or disproved. Proof – RESULT‚ EFFECT or PERFECTION of an evidence. - result of a PROBATIVE EFFECT of evidence. - it is the perfection of evidence
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PHYSICAL EVIDENCE MANUAL OREGON STATE POLICE FORENSIC SERVICES DIVISION Preference The purpose of this handbook is to educate our customer in the Criminal Justice System regarding the services provided by the Oregon State Police Forensic Services Division‚ and the recommended methods of documenting‚ collecting and preserving physical to ensure the best analysis results. The value of properly collected physical evidence followed by examination and interpretation by the forensic laboratory
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Different types of evidence in Eye witness testimony: When deciding the guilt or innocence of individuals in court‚ juries‚ judges‚ and police investigators rely on three major types of evidence. Often‚ experts are relied on for information. For example‚ the mental state of the individual being accused. This “expert testimony‚” is not often relied on in Canadian court because some judges believe the information that is offered by experts‚ Psychologists in particular‚ is common sense. There are
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Trace Evidence Trace evidence is an important part of a team in solving crimes in forensic investigations. According to Edmond Locard‚ there is specific that no matter wherever people interact with their environment or is physically involved in a crime often leaves something at or something away from the scene. Those in this category of evidence include many diverse types of macroscopic or microscopic materials that certain examples are easily visible to our “naked eye”. The subject is broad and
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Tori Kelly 03 Nov 2010 College Writing I Mr. Denver Long KGA #2- INFORMATIVE ESSAY ANTHOLOGY OF FORENSIC EVIDENCE How many people does it take to solve a murder? Investigating crime scene evidence is one of the most intricate disciplines in criminal justice‚ requiring a team of several forensic specialists. This field has become so scientific‚ with advances in technology‚ that the viable information it provides is more readily accepted as incriminating in court. For this reason‚ attention
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Trace or transfer evidence can be any small‚ and to the untrained be a seemingly insignificant piece of material‚ whether man-made or natural‚ that has been left at a crime scene. Edmond Locard‚ founder of the Institute of Criminalistics at the University of Lyon‚ France‚ developed what has become known as Locard’s Exchange Principle. This states that every contact leaves a trace (Trace Evidence). Trace evidence can consist of just about anything. Some types of trace evidence include but are not
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Value and Preservation of Evidence Kaplan University CJ370-01 January 16‚ 2012 The value of footprint or footwear evidence is heavily important. The most valuable details are signs of wear‚ characteristic fittings or marks of fittings that have come off‚ injuries‚ marks of nails and pegs‚ especially when these are irregularly placed‚ and repair marks. If they are particularly characteristic or occur in sufficient numbers‚ such details may form decisive evidence. In the interest of thoroughness
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Evidence Collection Guidelines This document provides evidence collection guidelines for the following types of evidence. Your agency ’s policies may vary. Please check with your supervisor if you have any questions. Contents Blood Stains Seminal Stains Hair Fibers and Threads Glass Paint Flammable Liquids Firearms Evidence Tool Marks ws Questioned Documents Latent Fingerprints In all cases
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statements by Blair fall under an exception to the hearsay rule‚ Fed.R.Evid. 804(b)(3)‚ which provides that when a declarant is unavailable as a witness‚ statements against interest are not excluded by hearsay. When a prosecutor seeks to introduce evidence of a statement that inculpates the accused‚ a number of courts require that statement be against the declarants interest and that there be corroboration. Factors that courts look at for corroboration include motive‚ general character of the declarant
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LAW OF EVIDENCE The Evidence Law deals with deciding which Evidence should be and which shouldn’t be used in arriving at a decision by the Court and‚ sometimes‚ the weight that may be given to that evidence. The law of evidence is also concerned with the quantum (amount)‚ quality‚ and type of proof needed to prevail in litigation. The quantum of evidence is the amount of evidence needed; the quality of proof is how reliable such evidence should be considered. This includes such concepts as hearsay
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