LEV LATEST EXAM PACK LAW OF EVIDENCE QUESTIONS WITH 100%VERIFIED SOLUTIONS

AGRADESOLUTIONS LEV LATEST EXAM PACK LAW OF EVIDENCE QUESTIONS W ITH 100% VERIFIED SOLUTIONS classification of evidence - correct answer... ✔✔testimonial (direct) physical (indirect) testimonial evidence - correct answer... ✔✔statement made under oath also called direct evidence or prima facie deductive reasoning - correct answer... ✔✔To conclude something is true based on facts, and definitions by using a series of logical steps. direct evidence - correct answer... ✔✔aka testimonial evidence eyewitness - correct answer... ✔✔a person who has seen someone or something and can communicate these facts. Eyewitness testimony is often faulty. physical evidence - correct answer... ✔✔any large object or material relevant in a crime. it can be any tangible thing large or small also called indirect evidence Ex: hair, fiber, fingerprints fact - correct answer... ✔✔A statement of information that can be verified. Ex. The tree is an Oak tree. Factors that affect accuracy of eyewitness - correct answer... ✔✔1. Nature of the crime and how the witness saw it 2. Ch aracteristics of the witness - 3. Manner in which the information is retrieved Forensic Science - correct answer... ✔✔application of scientific knowledge to legal questions Additional Factors that affect accuracy of eyewitness - correct answer... ✔✔-Witne ss's prior relationsihp with the accused (ex: ex boyfriend) -Length of time between the offense and the identification -any prior identification or failure to identify the defendent (how good is memory) -any prior identification of a person other than the defendant by the eyewitness (how reliable) logical - correct answer... ✔✔capable of or characterized by clear or valid reasoning from facts AGRADESOLUTIONS Police composite - correct answer... ✔✔may be developed from the witness testimony by a computer program or forensic artist observation - correct answer... ✔✔what a person perceives using his or her senses (touch, sight, sound, taste, and smell) Physical E vidence: what does it do - correct answer... ✔✔much more reliable -is generally more reliable than tesitmonial evidence -Can prove that a crime has been committed -can corroborate or refute testimony -can link a suspect with a victim or with a crime scene -can establish the identity of persons associated with a crime -can allow reconstruction of events of a crime opinion - correct answer... ✔✔personal belief founded on judgment rather than on direct experience or knowledge Physical evidence can answer quest ions about: - correct answer... ✔✔what took place at a crime scene # of people involved sequence of events perception - correct answer... ✔✔interpreting information received from the senses what happens with each piece of evidence - correct answer... ✔✔each piece is unique and each piece must be marked forensic investigator - correct answer... ✔✔professional who first, observes, collects, interprets and reports observations clearly without making judgements as to the importance of each piece of evidence Types of physical evidence - correct answer... ✔✔Transient Pattern Conditional Transfer Associative how information is processed in the brain - correct answer... ✔✔senses --> what we pay attention to --> perception -->short term memory --> long term memory. Transient Evidence - correct answer... ✔✔temporary (easily changed or lost) usually observed by the first officer on the scene and must be processed at that time Pattern Evidence - correct answer... ✔✔any markings produces when a person and object or 2 obje cts come in contact with each other