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Def: Admissable Evidence
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Information or things which the fact-finder (jury or judge) is allowed to consider when decidng whether a defendant is guilty or not.
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5 part to the Evidence Pyramid
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Relevant, Reliable, Not unduly prejudicial, Proper foundation laid, Constitutionally gathered.
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Def: Direct Evidence
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Evidence which proves a fact directly. In other words a witness testifies that he saw, heard, smelled, or felt evidence which goes directly to the defendant's guilt or innocence.
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Def: Circumstantial Evidence
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Evidence which does not directly show the fact in question but which implies that the fact actually happened.
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Def: Substitute Evidence
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Evidence which does not to be proved directly or circumstantially because it is a matter of common or "legal" knowledge.
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Def: Judicial Notice
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Certain facts are usually accepted by the court without actual proof of the facts.
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Def: Presumptions
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Certian facts are presumed under the law to be true without proof of those facts. These facts can be shown to be untrue by the other side.
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