ADJU4 Legal Aspects Of Evidence Quiz 4

The prosecution has to prove the defendant's guilt _____.​

Beyond a reasonable doubt

Every essential element of the crime charged must be proved by the government beyond reasonable _____ in order to convict and punish a defendant for the crime charged.

Doubt

Evidence of prior similar crimes or bad acts is never admissible against a criminal defendant.

False

Attempting to use evidence that the defendant contacted a lawyer after being charged with a crime is generally not admissible against the defendant.

True

Due process requires that criminal guilt be proven by the government beyond a reasonable doubt.

True

In some circumstances, presumptions can interfere with the defendant's right to have the jury decide the facts of the case.

True

Rape shield statutes can prevent the introduction of circumstantial evidence about the victim.

True

The prosecution can overcome the presumption of innocence only by proving guilty beyond a reasonable doubt.

True

Evidence consists of the materials presented to the trier of fact _____.​

​To convince them of the existence of a fact

A defendant is found in possession of a very large quantity of illegal drugs. It is permissible to draw the inference that the possession was _____.​

​With intent to deliver

Evidence of flight from the scene of a crime is _____.

​never sufficient by itself to establish guilt

​The burden of proof is actually two burdens: the burden of _____ and the burden of _____.

​production; persuasion

Direct evidence is evidence that proves a fact in issue by the use of inferences.

False

​Circumstantial evidence frequently takes the form of showing that the defendant had means, opportunity, and _____.

Motive

The corpus delicti may be validly proven solely by circumstantial evidence.

True

The pedophile exception to Rule 404 requires only that the two offenses involved similar sexual conduct, and that in both cases the defendant had a family or intimate friend. relationship with the victim.

True

​In the absence of a confession or admission, intent must usually be proven by circumstantial evidence.

True

​If a defendant does not testify at his or her criminal trial, the judge or jury _____.

​May not use this as evidence of guilt or draw an inference of guilt

The burden of _____ requires the party with the burden to introduce sufficient relevant evidence to convince the fact finder that a fact exists.​

​Persuasion

​The burden of _____ requires the party with the burden on a factual issue to introduce sufficient relevant evidence to prove the fact at issue.

​Production