AUDIT EVIDENCE Audit Evidence Definition : All the information used by the auditor in arriving at the conclusions on which the audit opinion is based. This includes the information contained in the account records underlying the financial statements and other information. Additionally‚ audit evidence should be persuasive‚ rather than convincing. There are different levels of reliability of audit evidence‚ some providing more evidence than others. There are nine types of audit evidence :
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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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Nuts-and-Bolts of Evidence Week #2. Jacob Atkinson CJAD405 3. What is the role of the prosecutor in handling evidence at trial? The role of the judge? The role of the jury? What is meant by the statement‚ “the burden of proof of guilt in a criminal case is on the prosecution throughout the trial”? Prosecutor- The prosecutor must determine what evidence needs to be introduced‚ but also how that evidence is produced and consider the appropriate time in which to display evidence throughout the
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Non-Fiction Novel Summery I read the novel Always Running by Luis J. Rodriguez‚ a non- fiction novel about Rodriguez’s life as a child when he crosses the border of Mexico at the age of two with his family. As Rodriguez took me on a rollercoaster through his life‚ I experienced many upsetting emotions even to me such as; disgust as he describes the police‚ fear during gang wars‚ pride when he makes a difference in his community and sadness when he loses some of the people he loved. I think
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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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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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The Evidence of Jesus A. Historical evidence I. Sources of evidence II. Reliability of the historical evidence III. Proof for Jesus outside the Bible IV. Archeological evidence versus written historical evidence A. Who was Jesus Christ? V. Did Jesus think he was Son of God? VI. How Jesus convinced his followers he was Son of God? VII. Jesus and other messianic leaders (similarities and differences) B. Resurrection VIII. Evidence
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“The Meanings of Freedom” – Leif Wenar is an essay that responds that G.A. Cohen’s concept on “freedom” by saying that it is not always accurate. Cohen’s main claim is that the lack of money and poverty carries with it lack of freedom. In this paper‚ Wenar discusses the further analysis of the meanings of “freedom” as it relates to ordinary usage‚ interference‚ and what counts as unfreedom. Wenar explains that though there are different meanings of “freedom‚” smooth communication occurs when the
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EVIDENCE OUTLINE INTRODUCTION -Basics of Evidence 1 -Process of Proof & the Adversarial System 1 -Making and Meeting Objections 1 -Common Objections 2 RELEVANCE -Relevant Evidence 2 -Stipulations 2 -Components of Relevant Evidence 2 -Balancing Test 2 -Proposition 8 2 EVIDENCE EXCLUDED BY EXTRINSIC POLICIES CHARACTER EVIDENCE -Types of Character Evidence 3 -Character Trait at Issue 3 -Conduct in Conformity & Exceptions 3 -Relevant Non-Propensity Purpose 4
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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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