Memorandum To: From: Date: 08/31/2012 Re: Laws of Evidence Assignment #2 Statement of Assignment You have asked me to analyze and determine whether the evidence that prosecution would like to introduce at trial can be admitted based on the Federal Rules of Evidence. Pursuant to your request‚ this memo includes my analysis‚ reasoning‚ and conclusions regarding the admissibility of such evidence. Statement of Facts The defendant was prosecuted for the murder of his wife. The victim’s body
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a forensic laboratory for confirmatory chemical analysis before the case can be adjudicated in court; (4) the advent of DNA profiling. 2. Describe the criteria for admissibility of scientific evidence as laid out in Frye v. United States. The court ruled that in order to be admitted as evidence at trail‚ the questioned procedure technique‚ or principles must be “generally accepted” by a meaningful segment of relevant scientific community. This approach requires the proponent of scientific
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According to the Evidence Act Cap 6‚ evidence denotes the means by which any alleged matter or facts the truth of which is submitted to investigations‚ approved or disapproved‚ admissions‚ presumption of law and observations by courts in the judicial capacity as per section 2[1]d of the act. Rules of evidence refer to the procedure of admitting relevant facts by courts of law and in general they are referred to as Relevancy and Admissibility of Evidence According to section 4‚ it may be given from
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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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Evidence 1. “There is too much competition between students‚ which leads to increased pressure to do well. Cheating becomes a way to get the edge over the other students in the class. In addition‚ the penalties for getting caught are mild.” 2. “Today there is more pressure placed on students to do well. They are expected to receive good grades‚ play a sport‚ and volunteer if they are to be looked at by a good college. With a B tainting your transcript‚ a college might not look at you.”
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Admiralty Outline Fall 2003 Overview Admiralty is federal law‚ originating in Article III‚ § 2 of Constitution. i. First Congress included Cases of Admiralty/Maritime in Judiciary Act. ii. Supremacy Clause. b. If say that case is admiralty/maritime case‚ governed by admiralty law‚ is to say that substantive admiralty law applies. i. Differences: statute of limitations‚ comparative laws for recovery‚ etc. a. Main: trial by judge. From very beginning‚ admiralty cases are w/o juries
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How Technology Will Change The Practice of Diplomacy? I. Introduction In the practice of diplomacy‚ nowadays technology plays a role as one of the most important factors in making and strengthening relations between states. In the scope of International Relations‚ technology is used as a tool of communication between states in negotiating and achieving their national interests‚ in developing peace between states‚ and also in solving conflicts. By the development of technology that keeps rapidly growing
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many clues left behind. The obvious would be a the body or bodies‚ clothing‚ and sometimes even the murder weapon. While these are 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
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of the prosecution’s evidence. Through methods of discovery of evidence‚ both the prosecution and defense have equal opportunity to develop evidence they believe is needed to prove or dismiss/ reject claims. Trace evidence and the preservation of evidence are very vital in any investigation. These two components are two of the most important things that can help investigators find their suspect(s)‚ and lock them up or if done without proper care‚ the preservation of evidence or lack thereof can possibly
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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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