Questions tagged [evidence]
For questions concerning evidence - including the handling of evidence, rejection or admittance of evidence in a court of law, and serving evidence in civil matters.
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Secretly recorded audio to meeting with landlord and now starting a dispute against him. Can I submit it as evidence?
My ex-landlord preferred to communicate by in person meetings. I began covertly recording our meetings with the microphone on my phone. Only the audio was recorded, not the video. My ex-landlord was ...
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What crime is committed by submitting fake pictures to the court as discovery evidence? [closed]
What crime has an alleged victim committed by submitting fake edited pictures as discovery evidence of injuries?
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Faked Discovery Evidence
If a victim submits fake photographs as evidence and said photographs are proven to be edited pictures, would that qualify for dismissing a case?
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Can forwarding address be provided by e-mail for landlord to return security deposit?
If a landlord does not return a tenant's damage deposit in 15 days from the later of the move out date or receiving a forwarding address, tenant may go after him for double. If the forwarding address ...
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To what extent is a "reasonable inference" acceptable as "proof" in a court of law?
In his autobiography, T. Boone Pickens relates the story of how he managed to do a deal with a man on his sickbed. He took the contract to the man's house, was shown to the man's room, and handed the ...
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Can a phone conversation be summoned from telecom operator as evidence in court of law
Our landlord/landlady have twice made statements that suggest they breached our privacy. We have not recorded our conversations since we understand it would be illegal to do so.
However, we wish to ...
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How do plaintiffs get emails relating to companies they are suing?
For example in the case of IBM getting sued over age discrimination, the plaintiff somehow got emails showing that upper management instructed his director manager not to transfer him but to fire him. ...
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What is the difference between competent, material, and substantial evidence?
In Michigan, and perhaps in other states too, an appellate court will uphold the facts found by an administrative agency if the facts are supported by competent, material, and substantial evidence. ...
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What's the best way to summarize a lengthy exhibit when I have little understanding of its content or context?
I've been assigned around 200 documents for a new matter to review. This involves creating entries for each document of interest in software called LexisNexis CaseMap, which includes a "description" ...
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Is it legal to upload a photo from a public place without the subject's permission?
For example, a buddy of mine recorded or captured a photo/video of someone let us say fighting or just talking in a public place such as the public road. It is legal to post it in social media even ...
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What are some cases / journals / books about withholding favourable evidence from the defence
I have access to westlaw and lexislibrary but cannot find any relevant cases to the police or prosecution not sharing expert evidence from the defence at all. Any help would be greatly appreciated, ...
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Are there states that don't require having a family name?
I know this session might seem absurd.
I don't like the family name appearing in my passport and will likely change it in a bureaucratic procedure in an interior ministry affiliated consulate (...
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Drinking alcohol before DUI inspection
As a hypothetical question: A driver crashes his or her car and anticipates that the police will eventually come and conduct a field sobriety test. The driver then, after the crash has occurred and ...
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Are editable word documents ('.docx' files) accepted in court as evidence?
I keep most of my business documents in Microsoft Words (.docx) file format. Problem is these documents can be edited and tampered with. For my signatures, I just copy and paste a signature image onto ...
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Acknowledgement of guilt
Theoretical question:
What happens if you come to police and report your own crime that happened some time ago, but the police can't find any evidence it happened.
Let's say you come and say you ...
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Was any (public) Internet archive's snapshot ever accepted as an evidence in a legal procedure, except patents?
This question is bugging my mind already for a while, and all of my attempts to find such a case failed horribly so far. I am simply unable to dig up any traces of a court decision - whether in US, ...
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Can phone conversations be used in court as defense?
I live in California where all parties involved in the phone conversation have to give consent before phone conversation can be recorded.
My question is - how the information discussed over the phone ...
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What can a victim company do when it's hard to differentiate between a Physical Pentest from a Criminal Physical Penetration
Red Team: Adversary Simulation. A team of penetration testers (a red team) is hired to legally break into a facility to test its security.
Since the job of Red Teaming and Penetration Testing, ...
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Could evidence obtained through time travel be admitted under the Fourth Amendment?
This is of course a wild hypothetical question and there is probably no good answer. Suppose a police force obtained a time machine and wanted to use this to obtain evidence to investigate crimes and ...
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Can a U.S. phone call recorded in a 1-party state be used as evidence in a case tried in a state that is 2-party?
Hypothetically, let's say someone is involved in a case that was originally filed in a NJ state court. The case was moved to a NJ federal court, and then transferred to a FLA federal court (after a ...
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Can improperly gathered evidence be used to exonerate someone?
There are many rules governing whether or not a particular piece of evidence can be introduced at trial. Often, these rules are applied to prevent the prosecution from introducing evidence. Do the ...
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Can police charge someone with a misdemeanor in the total absence of evidence?
In California, given that the police have probable cause to arrest someone, can they charge that person with a misdemeanor in the total absence of evidence that any crime has been committed? To be ...
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Whether to disclose substantive evidence vs. using it for impeachment at trial?
What are the factors in weighting whether to disclose substantive evidence vs. using it for impeachment at trial?
On one hand, the jury gets to see substantive evidence but the other side is alerted ...
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Can video of a person's permission to take video make the video legal?
Let's say I'm in someone's home, recording people with a video camera. Later, one of the people I recorded claims that I didn't get their permission, and that therefore, it was illegal to record them, ...
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What consequence if an attorney loses critical evidence of their client?
Client gives notice to attorney of potential issue. Later, some tangible item, such as a document, causes emotional distress / mental breakdown of the Client that escalates the issue to a potential ...
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What will a judge do if a witness refers to an event previously stricken from the record? (USA)
Some context. Suppose the prosecutor enters into evidence body camera footage from a police officer. On the tape, the suspect makes a lewd remark, and another officer offers a witty comeback. The jury ...
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Is it legal to hire a Private Investigator in Korea? If not, what's the closest alternative?
I'm writing a story and I'm asking for factual accuracy in the storyline. (Not asking for suggestions in hiring an actual PI.)
I know for a fact that it's now illegal in Korea to hire a Private ...
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What happens when there's not enough evidence in a trial?
I'm writing a story and need to know some things for factual accuracy.
There's a man in the story who is accused of a DUI hit-and-run. He's discovered (sleeping) in the vehicle after the hit and run. ...
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Are unaudited server logs admissible in a court of law?
Are internal server logs produced by a firm that has no standards compliance certification and does not conduct any third party audits admissible as evidence? If not, what certification is generally ...
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Admissibility of evidence seized from wrong property on lawful warrant (USA)
Suppose the Police obtain a warrant to search Alice's house for smuggled diamonds (something really tiny). When they arrive, they knock on Bob's door instead of Alice's. It's a common mistake to make, ...
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Did Kamala Harris obstruct justice, if Tulsi Gabbard's claim is to be taken at face value?
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In the second night of the second 2020 Democratic Primary debate, Rep. Tulsi Gabbard claimed the following:
She blocked evidence -- she blocked evidence that would have freed an ...
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Can text message be used against me in court
My daughter's father has petitioned the court for custody modification and is using text messages he downloaded against me. The text messages in question were not sent to him but, rather, were ...
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When is something inadmissible as evidence because it's considered a negotiation?
To my understanding anything can be used as evidence unless a specific law prohibits it. When is negotiating inadmissible as evidence?
My (ex)landlord demanded I move out immediately. I told him I ...
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Is it bad to have communication with opposing party outside of court?
I started a claim against someone. The level of court does not require lawyers. The defendant rejected all my claims through the court, but contacted me by email saying he wishes to meet in person to ...
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How can a person with a similar experience with the defendant, help the plaintiff in a lawsuit?
I lived in a house that was shared with the landlord and other tenants in common. I have now moved out and have a lawsuit started against the landlord. From "rumors" I heard that a previous tenant who ...
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Giving live streamed video as date stamped evidence of an event in court (UK)
I am planning on serving a notice to quit directly to my landlord soon, and the plan is to live stream putting the letter in the envelope and posting it at their address, so it's very clear that the ...
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Do you get to keep unneeded evidence?
Let's say someone found $2,000, but as a trail it lead to a dead person. The police obviously need it. But after they're done with the case, do the founders get to keep it?
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What information will be made public by CRT and for how long?
I would like to bring a case to the Civil Resolution Tribunal. I would like to know more about it's privacy. From there Information Access & Privacy Policy it appears the public can access just ...
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What's the best way to include e-mails as evidence from a technical perspective?
It probably would be easiest to copy and paste quotes from emails into my evidence submission. But of course text could easily be changed in this format. I could take a screen shot of the email as I ...
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When going to court should a plaintiff preemptively refute the other sides defense?
In small claims court, if the plaintiff knows what the defendant will likely say, should the plaintiff address these in the initial application? This makes sense to me because usually someone going to ...
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How does providing written messages as evidence work?
For agreements made by e-mail, text message or even written on paper, how can they be used as evidence in small claims court? For example if a plaintiff claimed a defendant owes him $100 for work ...
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Does one-way written communication bear legal standing?
This question is based on this question over on Workplace SE. I am neither the OP of that question nor in any way related to the OP, I'm asking this question out of personal curiosity. In brief, the ...
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Can a prosecutor add evidence to increase punishment after a guilty plea is entered?
My next question is, after a defendant is indicted can the prosecutor keep adding to the case just so that they can increase the defendant guidelines? And after the defendant pleas guilty, can they ...
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Can a witness avoid testifying based on lack of memory?
If a witness has been deposed and effectively denied having any recollection of events relevant to a case, can that testimony be used to keep her from taking the stand?
I'm imagining something like a ...
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What does 'the presumption [of undue influence] is not legal' mean, if being legal reverses the burden of proof or make the presumption irrebuttable?
Mindy Chen-Wishart. Contract Law (2018 6 edn). p 349.
See the green underline. I feel as if 'legal' isn't the most apposite diction here. Am I correct that the author doesn't intend to say '...
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Will I sued for recording someone without their consent?
I want to know if I can be sued in the Philippines for recording someone without letting them know? I was being ganged up by my own family and decided to hide under my blanket when I decided to record ...
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SVU Question: inadmissible evidence
If you do not have a lawyer but confess to detectives, does that make the evidence inadmissible?
He later confesses to Ken, who protects Darius by refusing to reveal his confession and later ...
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Is it legal to record TSA agents?
Flying through security checkpoints in the US, I have seen and experienced passengers getting chewed out for choosing opt-out pat-down screening, with agents being extremely annoyed about the extra ...
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Are witnesses evidence?
Are witnesses evidence? and if so, cant a person just bribe/pay a person to be a witness so he can win a case?
In some countries especially Islamic countries they are counted as evidence as they ...
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A man killed my son and married one of the witnesses. Can the witness's statements still be used in court against him?
In Florida a career felon, who is a complete stranger to my son, killed my son. He is being prosecuted for this crime in a state court in Florida. There are two witnesses. One of them is the the ...
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