usually easy…”1 Adrian Keane and Paul McKeown have noted down that evidence is merely information by which facts tend to be proved‚ and that the law of evidence is the body of law and discretion managing the means by which facts may be proved in court of law‚ tribunals‚ and even arbitrations where strict rules of evidence apply.2 Ian Dennis has also a very similar view regarding the definition for evidence‚ he is also stating that evidence is information‚ he goes on stating that the information provides
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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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Mary C Negron Professor Murphy HCA-410 October 30‚ 2011 1. What were the strategic reasons behind West Florida Regional Medical Center’s (WFRMC’S) decision to invest heavily in TQM? When looking at the decision to invest heavily into total quality management (TQM)‚ was the intense competition between WFRMC and the other two hospitals within the area of Pensacola in 1992‚ Sacred Heart and Baptist Hospitals. The 130 doctors practicing at the Medical Center Clinic and its satellite clinics admitted
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Similarly locating yourself in space requires an understanding of the concepts of distance‚ maps‚ and directions. Location in physical space is probably the first step in understanding your physical environment. This unit is going to focus on Map reading and other related concepts that help us to locate ourselves in physical space. A map is a graphic representation of a portion of the earth ’s surface drawn to scale‚ as seen from above
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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 case? b. if it is‚ what is the admiralty rule? c. construing the savings to suitors clause eg‚ what types of cases does Congress mean to say that we only want federal courts sitting in admiralty to have jurisdiction
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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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secondary evidence was tendered and admitted. An objection was taken to its admission; Held: That such evidence was properly admitted and that the provision in the relevant statute “that no statement made by any person in answer to any question put by the Commission shall‚ except in cases of indictment for perjury committed in such answers‚ be admissible in evidence in any proceedings‚ civil or criminal” was not applicable‚ and did not prevent the admissibility of such evidence. In the
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Southside High School Facilitator: Henrietta Jones 2.05 Can This Evidence Be Individualized? Evidence 1: A piece of torn clothing was found at a crime scene. A torn t-shirt was found in one of the suspect’s car. 1. Can the torn clothing from the crime scene be individualized to the t-shirt found in the car? Why or why not? Yes. Because it could be individual evidence small glass fragments large glass fragment Evidence 2: Small pieces of glass were found in a suspect’s shirt pocket
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1. Hearsay evidence rule in Malaysia The general hearsay rule is that a statement made by a person not called as a witness is inadmissible to prove the truth of the facts stated and extends to oral evidence as to statements in documents.1 Where oral evidence is relied on‚ it must be direct in all cases.2 Section 603 has thus codified the rule against hearsay evidence. “Hearsay” does not mean that no witness can be allowed to depose anything which he has heard said by anyone else.4 It is secondary
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Evidence is the key element in determining the guilt or innocence of those accused of crimes against society in a criminal court of law. Evidence can come in the form of weapons‚ documents‚ pictures‚ tape recordings and DNA. According to the American Heritage College dictionary‚ evidence is the documentary or oral statements and the material objects admissible as testimony in a court of law (476). It is shown in court as an item of proof‚ to impeach or rehabilitate a witness‚ and to determine a sentence
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