EVIDENCE We must develop the ability to apply principles of cases also to other parts of the work The case of S v Nel (mother doing washing and dagga was sold to the accused) deals with a trap and secondly with the relevance of evidence because they wanted to call the mother of the accused to testify. If you know the case‚ the case can be used as authority for other sections of the work as well – should not be restricted only to the specific section of the work. Also the case of Holtzhausen
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For example‚ a prosecutor or defense attorney may object to the wide range of the direct examination because it is beyond the knowledge of the witness‚ the attorney may be arguing with the witness rather than asking questions‚ or the witness may be talking about things irrelevant to the case. Common objections include: Hearsay – Statement by a witness who did not see or hear the incident in question but learned about it through secondhand information such as another’s statement‚ a newspaper‚ or
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evidence was arranged in its natural order. • In the witness order condition‚ evidence items were arranged in the closest to the original trial. • The defence items comprised 39 notguilty pieces of evidence and the prosecution items‚ 39 guilty pieces of evidence from the original case. Conditions: 39 PROSECUTION ITEMS IN STORY ORDER 39 DEFENCE ITEMS IN STORY ORDER 39 PROSECUTION ITEMS IN WITNESS ORDER 39 DEFENCE ITEMS IN WITNESS ORDER Results table showing the % of participants choosing
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How this is relevant: The story the priest tells is extremely relevant to the novel because it basically foreshadows what will happen to Billy if he does not find his place in the world. The heretic in the priest’s story loses his faith after losing his family and becomes “simply a messenger”. Billy is already showing qualities that the man spoken of had‚ hence the addition of the story in this spot. The priest warns Billy to find where he belongs so that he does not die sick and alone like the heretic
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Unit 4. Question 1: What is an accomplice witness? Why do accomplice witnesses agree to cooperate with the police investigator? Do they require protection? Why? An accomplice witness by definition is “a person who is liable to prosecution for the identical offense charged against the defendant or defendants in a pending trial” (Lushbaugh‚ 2012‚ p. 120). Although accomplice witnesses share culpability for their involvement in the crime being tried‚ their testimony can be invaluable to proving
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Racism has a history of tarnishing cities‚ towns‚ nations‚ and whole races. In a small town in Vermont‚ racism tears apart the people and the community. In the book Witness written about a little town in Vermont in 1924. That little town in Vermont represents some of the many towns undergoing the issue of Klan (K.K.K) domination. Two people that experience the Klan violence are Reynard Alexander and Leanora Sutter; both characters go through experiences that similar‚ but also experience forms of
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commitment they make. "Dear friends and family‚ we are gathered here today to witness and celebrate the union of ________________ and _____________________ in marriage. In the years they have been together‚ their love and understanding of each other has grown and matured‚ and now they have decided to live their lives together as husband and wife." "Dear friends and family‚ we are gathered here today to witness and celebrate the union of ____________________________ and _________________________
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few have some altered opinions. The religion that we chose for this paper is Jehovah Witness. Jehovah Witnesses are most commonly known for their door-to-door knocking attempts to convert people to their religion. In this paper we will talk about the history of the Jehovah Witness religion‚ the positive and negative aspects of it‚ and the unique aspects as well. Charles T. Russell started the Jehovah Witness religion in the late 1800’s. He was raised as a Presbyterian‚ but rejected their views
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acting as an expert witness (insanity defense‚ competence to stand trial‚ sentencing‚ eyewitness identification and child custody etc.) Expert witness as a role in legal psychologist A major role for forensic psychologist is to serve as an expert witness in both the criminal and civil court. They are more commonly involve at the pretrial and post-trial proceedings‚ but may also serve as an expert witness at trial (Bartol & Bartol‚ 2012:151). Genis (2008) defines an expert witness as anyone who has
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jurisdiction was heard for the first time in the lower court. The atmosphere and the surrounding of the courts were nearly the same as both had magistrate seat and desk‚ advocate seat and desk‚ benches‚ microphones‚ speakers‚ air conditioning system‚ witness box‚ bright lighting system and smoke detector. The differences between the courts were that in the intermediate court there was a computer and in the district court there was an accused box. In the court of appeal‚ the magistrate; in a black gown
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