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Admissibility as evidence of photographs taken by a mobile phone
In the US, from precedent, it's admission can be successfully challenged by opposing council, if fine details are important.
In the recent and high-profile Rittenhouse trial, the defense objected when ...
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Admissibility as evidence of photographs taken by a mobile phone
It has long been known that digital data can be (somewhat) easily manipulated, you just have to know how. Nevertheless, digital data remains admissible in court in both criminal and civil proceedings. ...
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Admissibility as evidence of photographs taken by a mobile phone
You are asking about what is known as "authentication" of real evidence.
Photographic and digital image evidence is not presumptively inadmissible, but nor is it automatically admissible. ...
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Admissibility as evidence of photographs taken by a mobile phone
The starting point is that photos are generally admissible (provided that the person who took them testifies so), regardless of what technology was used to take them.
It is up to the opposing party to ...
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What legal actions can a minor take against an adult having photos of her
The people who took those photos may be able to sue the man for copyright infringement, depending on the terms of use for the social-media sites from which he printed them.
The subjects of those ...
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