Witness credibility - Study guides, Class notes & Summaries

AAERT PRACTICE TEST QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS ACTION a lawsuit ADVERSE WITNESS a witness whose testimony is prejudicial to the case of the party who called him AFFIDAVIT written statement of facts made under oath AFFIANT signs an affidavit AFFIRM to declare solemnly and formally AGGRAVATING CIRCUMSTANCES considerations which increase a sentence imposed MITIGATING CIRCUMSTANCES considerations which decrease a sentence imposed ALLOCUTION formal statement by ...

Chapter 3 Court Procedures TRUE/FALSE QUESTIONS A1. U.S. courts utilize the conciliatory system of justice. ANSWER: F PAGE: 50 TYPE: N NAT: AACSB Analytic AICPA Risk Analysis A2. The three major stages of litigation are pretrial, trial, and posttrial. ANSWER: T PAGE: 50 TYPE: N NAT: AACSB Analytic AICPA Critical Thinking A3. Service of process is the process of obtaining information from an opposing party before trial. ANSWER: F PAGE: 53 TYPE: N NAT: AACSB Reflective AICPA Critical Think...

Evidence FRE Rule Exam Questions With Verified Answers. 103 - answerrulings on evidence (a) Preserving a Claim of Error. A party may claim error in a ruling to admit or exclude evidence only if the error affects a substantial right of the party and: -(1) if the ruling admits evidence, a party, on the record: --(A) timely objects or moves to strike; and --(B) states the specific ground, unless it was apparent from the context; or (2) if the ruling *excludes evidence*, a party informs the ...

How is relevance determined? Ans: Evidence is relevant if it tends to make the existence of any fact of consequence to the outcome of the action more probable than it would be without the evidence. When are similar occurrences considered to be relevant? Ans: If they are probative of a material issue and that probativeness outweighs the risk of confusion or unfair prejudice. When does a trial judge have discretion to exclude relevant evidence? Ans: If its probative value is substantially...

State statutes frequently provide exemption from jury duty for All of the above (expectant mothers, persons over age seventy, physicians, lawyers, and judges) A witness whose credibility is undermined during cross-examination it is said to have been Impeached The standard of proof in a criminal case is Beyond a reasonable doubt When an accused takes the stand in his or her defense and testifies, the prosecution May cross-examine the accused about his/ her testimony with ...

CITP Exam 2 Questions And Answers FRE - Federal Rules of Evidence Forms of Evidence - 1. Testimonial 2.Real 3.Demonstrative Voir Dire - Jury Selection Stages of a criminal trial - 1. Pre-trial suppression hearings 2. Voir Dire 3. Opening statements from counsel 4. The Case-in-Chief 5. The defense case 6. The rebuttal case 7. Closing arguments 8. the charge to the jury 9. sentencing 10. Post-Trial proceedings what must evidence be in order to be admissible? - Relevant ...

BCOT WEEK 2 Questions and Answers 2023Components of Law Enforcement State, local, and federal 3 types of courts system Superior, federal, municipal or magistrate local Police and Sheiff department State Department of natural resources (DNR), Georgia bureau of investigation (GBI), Georgia state patrol (GSP) Georgia State Patrol Multi-jurisdictional Municipal or magistrate •Traffic violations • small claims (15,000 and less) • marriage Superi...

To be relevant, evidence must: A: Be more likely true than not true B: Directly prove the fact it is offered to prove C: Have some tendency to make a fact of consequence more or less probable D: Prove an element of the claim, crime, or defense - correct answer C Relevant evidence: A: Must be admitted. B: May be excluded by other rules. C: Cannot be excluded by other rules. D: May only be excluded if it is privileged. - correct answer ...

Immoral correct answers Deliberately violating accepted principles of right and wrong. What is considered immoral by most people. Amoral correct answers Being neither moral nor immoral, not caring for morality. 6 ethical and moral standards correct answers integrity, honesty, values, standards, courage, civility Non-enforcement of the law correct answers higher crime rates, under-reporting of crime, lack of public cooperation, perception of ineffectiveness Aggressive enforcement corr...

Who decides whether evidence is admissible, the judge or the jury? - Answer- Judge With respect to preliminary questions, the party offering the evidence ordinarily bears the burden to persuade the trial judge by what standard of proof? - Answer- Preponderance of the Evidence Once the evidence has been admitted by the judge, it is the role of the jury to determine the _______ and _______ of the evidence. - Answer- Weight Credibility Preliminary hearings about the admissibility of evide...