great way to solve a case there’s another kind of evidence; trace evidence. Trace evidence are small pieces of evidence that are laying around a crime scene. There are many types of trace evidence some of them include metal filings‚ plastic fragments‚ gunshot residue‚ glass fragments‚ feathers‚ food stains‚ building materials‚ lubricants‚ fingernail scrapings‚ pollens and spores‚ cosmetics‚ chemicals‚ paper fibers and sawdust‚ human and animal hairs‚ plant and vegetable fibers‚ blood and other body
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Rahul Baboo Dr. Kurt Stanberry Court Report Court Observation Paper For my court observation report I chose to join a jury hearing on a capital murder case on March 4‚ 2015. The name of the case was the State of Texas vs. Joseph Facundo and the case number is 1344346. The judge name was Price and the case involved a man who is being accused for capital murder and robbery in Katy Texas. Amber Thorne was arrested and charged with capital murder and aggravated robbery on December 29‚ 2011. She was
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Kaplan University There are many different types of evidence that can be used in a criminal investigation. Some more valuable than others. Although the smallest piece of evidence can sometimes turn out to be the most valuable. Evidence comes in all shapes‚ sizes and forms and are crucial to any successful investigation. Finger prints are one of the most incriminating pieces of evidence. It is so significant because it can narrow down someone ’s identity and possibly link them directly to a crime
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Running head: DNA Evidence and Job Description/Ethics Name Course Tutor Date How would the environment affect this fragile evidence? II. Collecting Fingerprints from a Weapon Describe how you would collect a fingerprint from a weapon that could possibly have touch DNA on it as well. UNIT 9: Job Description for Latent Print Examiner Write a job description for a Latent Print Examiner. Latent Print Examiner Salary scale: Between $ 70‚000 and $
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Admiralty cases can’t be removed from state to federal courts. a. but most admiralty cases can be brought in state courts unless qualify under diversity. b. But federal admiralty law will be applied. iii. Jurisdiction arises under: a. 28 USC 1331: federal question b. 28 USC 1332: diversity c. 28 USC 1333: admiralty & maritime. iv. BUT‚ Congress didn’t choose to enact substantive law in the statutes left to courts. v. Courts mainly address three issues: a. what is an admiralty
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TRACE EVIDENCE AS AN IMPORTANT TOOL UNDER FORENSIC SCIENCE Introduction 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”‚ implying that a criminal will leave trace and take away trace evidence when at a crime scene. Trace evidence often refers to minute samples of a substance‚ particularly fibres‚ hairs‚ glass fragments and paint chips. Crime
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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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Court System Shukeyla Jones CJA/204 November 01‚ 2010 Maxine Craig Court System The modern dual system of courts incorporates both federal and state or local courts. This system is the product of many years of gradual development. Outside this formally established structure‚ however‚ personal relationships between key court participants can guide court proceedings and procedures. This paper will examine the history of the criminal courts‚ the dual system of the United States and modify the
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UNIVERSITY OF NAIROBI FACULTY OF LAW TAPE RECORDED LECTURES THE LAW OF EVIDENCE LLB II 2003 LAW OF EVIDENCE Lesson 2 RELEVANCE & ADMISSIBILITY RES GESTAE ‘Res Gestae’‚ it has been said‚ is a phrase adopted to provide a respectable legal cloak for a variety of cases to which no formula of precision can be applied’. The words themselves simply mean a transaction. Under the inclusionary common law doctrine of Res Gestae‚ a fact or opinion which is so closely associated in time‚ place
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Physical Evidence? Physical evidence is any object that can establish that a crime has been committed or can link a crime and its victim or perpetrator. Almost anything can be physical evidence‚ to list the objects that could be used as physical evidence is impossible. (Saferstein‚ R. 2009) Common Types of Physical Evidence There are several common types of physical evidence that are found at a crime scene and can be used in cases. However‚ the weight of a given piece of evidence is ultimately
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