Evidence

Question 1

What is evidence

Answer 1

Is anything that tends to prove or disprove the elements of an offense

Question 2

Hearsay evidence

Answer 2

Someone tells you about an event that they didn’t see happen

Question 3

Option

Answer 3

Witness is called to state facts, witness opinion is not is not evidence.

Question 4

Propensity

Answer 4

The previous convictions of a person charged woth an offense cannot be given as evidence

Question 5

4 main types of evidence

Answer 5

Direct
Documentary
Real evidence
Circumstantial

Question 6

Direct

Answer 6

Testimony of a witness, what witness says in court.

Question 7

Documentary evidence

Answer 7

Documents produced for the court or judge to inspect

Question 8

Real evidence

Answer 8

Material objects directly presented for inspection l.

Question 9

Circumstances evidence

Answer 9

Something that inters a fact in issues. Eg fingerprints at a location infer the suspect was there at somepoint