Admissible Evidence: Unreliable Evidence In A Civil Case

Character evidence is generally less useful in a civil case than in a criminal case. True
Original copies of documents should be carefully preserved for court. Photocopies should be used during interviews and elsewhere in the investigation. True
Character evidence might be admissible in a criminal case if entered to prove motive, opportunity, or ability. True
Statements made by the witnesses about what defendants said are hearsay and therefore not admissible. False
Which one of the following privileges is not recognized in federal courts? Accountant – client privilege
Please match each item in the left-hand column with the appropriate type of evidence from the right-hand column.
Surveillance Personal oberservation
Tire marks
Relevance; competence
Anything that is perceptible by the five senses legally presented at trial to prove a contention and induce a belief in the mind of the jury is called: Evidence
Increasingly evidence is in digital form and rules of evidence are evolving to accommodate this change. A company's computerized accounting records are generally admissible if they were kept in the normal course of business and can be authenticated (i.e., shown that they have not been tampered with).True
Well known facts, such as how many feet there are in a mile, are readily accepted into evidence based upon what concept? Judicial Notice
Relevant evidence could nonetheless be ruled inadmissible if the judge determines it is: all of the above could be cited by a judge to rule relevant evidence nonetheless inadmissible.
21.) This privilege may only be waived by the prosecutor/government. Law Enforcement Officer/Informant
The most important thing about admissibility is relevance. True
Photocopies are always preferable to original documents as evidence.
Hearsay evidence.
The legal term that refers to the area where I can have a reasonable expectation of privacy for my trash. Curtilage
Which one of the following would be privileged under the husband - wife privilege? Confidential communications between the couple while they were married
31.) Which of the following represents the highest standard of proof? Preponderance of evidence
32.) Evidence having any tendency to make the existence of any fact that is of consequence to the determination of the action more probable or less probable that it would be without the evidence is called: Relevant evidence?
All of the following are exceptions to the general hearsay rule except: Witness Bob recounts his ex-girlfriend Mary told him that the defendant was making false journal entries to conceal a fraud.
The process of marking, identifying, and preserving evidence is called the: chain of custody
Which of the following is not generally a useful way to impeach the credibility, or competence, of witness testimony? Witness has been