WITH COMPLETE SOLUTIONS VERIFIED GRADED A++
4th Amendment
right against unreasonable search and seizure
5th Amendment
The right against self incrimination (Miranda Rights)
2nd
Right to bear arms
6th
Right to a fair trial
Reasonable doubt
doubt based upon common sense and not speculation, may have all the evidence or
some evidence .
Direct evidence
establishes a fact, eyewitness statements, confessions
Circumstantial
requires an indirect judgment or interference about what happened
Testimonial
statement made under oath may be given by a lay or expert witness. Credibility of
witnesses comes into play.
Physical
, any object or material that is relevant in a crime, also known as real evidence Value of
the physical evidence is that it can be seen by that jury. The "how it got where it was" is
the circumstantial evidence Transient Evidence → temporary Pattern → produced by
direct contact Conditional→ specific event or action Transfer→ produced by contact
between persons or objects Associative→ items that may associated a victim or suspect
with a scene or each other.
In order for evidence to be admissible it must be
Probative +Material
Crime Scene Team
First police officer, medics, investigators, medical examiner, photographer + evidence
technician, lab experts
Primary Crime scene
location of body
Secondary Crime scene
suspect(s) and their property
Five prongs of Daubert
Testability, General Acceptance, Peer Review, Known or Potential Error Rate,
Existence and maintenance of standards
Frye v. United States
Scientific evidence is allowed into the courtroom if it was generally accepted by the
scientific community
Daubert v. Dow