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Direct and Circumstantial Evidence MCQ

_____ is importance attached to evidence by a fact finder.

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Correct Answer: weight

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Is rape trauma syndrome a psychological pattern exhibited by rape victims?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as statutes limiting cross-examination of victims and prohibiting evidence of their reputation for virtuosity.

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Correct Answer: rape shield laws

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_____ is defined as cross-examination of a witness’s inconsistent statements, motive to fabricate evidence, specific acts, or reputation for untruthfulness, felony convictions, and criminal convictions for crimes of dishonesty or false statement.

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Correct Answer: Impeachment

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Is habit regular response to a repeated specific situation, such as eating the same food for lunch at the same time each and every day, or parking in the same parking space?

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Correct Answer: True

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_____ is known as appearance of victim.

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Correct Answer: demeanor

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_____ is defined as a witness whose testimony is worthy of belief.

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Correct Answer: credibility

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_____ is general tendencies such as honesty, violence, trustworthiness, and peacefulness.

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Correct Answer: character

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Typically, the prosecution may not attack the character of the accused until the defendant introduces evidence of his or her character.

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Correct Answer: True

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Rape shield laws were enacted to restrict the cross-examination of victims and the admissibility of their sexual reputation.

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Correct Answer: True

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A college student was beaten to death, and his fraternity brothers were the suspects. A search of the frat house revealed a large closet full of weapons. On what basis may the weapons be admitted at trial?

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Correct Answer: Evidence of preparation

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Prior false claims may be used in court to support an inference that the present complaint is also false.

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Correct Answer: True

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A defendant is on trial for the murder of her grandmother. The two had a very good relationship. The defendant was even the beneficiary of the victim’s life insurance policy and, after the victim’s death, she received a hefty sum of money. Evidence that the defendant was the beneficiary of the life insurance policy may be admissible to prove:

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Correct Answer: Motive.

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A small town has seen a string of burglaries. In each instance, an apologetic note was left for the owners of the home with the phone number of the local prosecutor. The perpetrator was unknown. Months after the burglaries had subsided, an owner heard a noise in the downstairs of his home. He went downstairs to investigate and found a masked intruder with a bag full of his belongings writing a note similar to those that had been previously foun If the prosecutor seeks to pursue the previous burglaries, what type of evidence will be helpful in tying the man to the crime?

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Correct Answer: Modus operandi

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Other acts evidence is always admissible to prove behavior in conformity therewith.

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Correct Answer: False

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A man was in an automobile accident at a four-way stop. He seeks to introduce evidence that he always stops at stop signs. What kind of evidence is this?

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Correct Answer: Habit

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In a homicide case, an eyewitness testified that the victim assaulted the defendant. May the prosecutor introduce evidence of the victim’s peacefulness prior to the defense introducing character evidence of the victim?

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Correct Answer: Yes

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Character evidence is admissible in court to prove trustworthiness, honesty, law-abidingness, nonviolence, and attention to detail.

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Correct Answer: True

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A woman murders her husband in his sleep without provocation. In the past few years, the police had been called to their home several times for domestic violence. Which profile may be admissible at trial to explain the woman’s behavior?

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Correct Answer: Battered spouse syndrome

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Ava was accused of armed robbery. She entered into plea negotiations with the prosecutor. Ultimately, she decided to proceed to trial because she believed she would win. The prosecutor seeks to introduce evidence of the plea negotiations to prove guilt. Will the statements made during negotiations be admissible?

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Correct Answer: No

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A defense attorney may not argue that her client did not possess the physical strength to commit the crime of which he is accuse

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Correct Answer: False

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Rory is accused of robbing a bank. At the time of arrest, a handgun was in his possession. The eyewitnesses at the crime were not able to distinguish the type of handgun but were positive that the perpetrator was in possession of a gun. May the gun be introduced into evidence without additional proof it was used at the scene of the crime?

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Correct Answer: Yes, where weapons were used to commit a crime, weapons found in the accused’s possession may be introduced without proof they were the weapons used to commit the crime.

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Each juror assigns weight in his or her own mind to the evidence presented in the courtroom, as such, jurors may disagree on the importance of particular pieces of evidence

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Correct Answer: True

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