Review Questions 1.What is a questioned document? Describe at least one example of something that might be a questioned document. A questioned document is any document with handwriting or typewriting that is in question as to its authenticity. Something that might be classified as a questioned document is passports or contracts or even wills. 2.What is an exemplar? What are the best types of exemplars? Exemplars are authentic samples that are compared with the questioned document. The best types of examplers are the ones that are as similar as possible. 3.What are natural variations? Describe how these may happen. Natural variations are the small differences that appear in any repeated samples of a person’s handwriting. Over …show more content…
5. A law enforcement agent is in charge of getting a writing sample from an uncooperative suspect. The agent puts the suspect in a comfortable room and has the person choose from a bunch of pencils and ink pens. The agent takes the questioned document and dictates the information to the suspect, having the suspect write down what she says as she reads from the questioned document. After several paragraphs, the agent stops and has the suspect rewrite the material two more times. What did the agent do wrong in this situation? What did the agent do right? The thing that the agent did wrong was having the suspect choose what she wanted to write with instead of giving her one choice. The agents had her read the document and write it three
7. When first talking to the FBI agent, what was the main character thinking about? -Ties
A Subpoena is a legal document or order requiring an individual to appear, and usually to testify, in court on a certain date
To record a crime scene, forensic scientist can use photography, drawings, and videography. Photographs are an important record of the unaltered crime scene, Drawings or sketches provides valuable information when a photograph cannot accurately depict the scale of a room or the relationship of items to each
7) Pollen & Spore identification can provide important trace evidence in solving crimes dues to their
husband had not been given the time to pick whatever paper he wanted. The policeman's excuse
One characteristic studied was fluidity between letters, which asks questions including , “Are letters connected between capitals and lowercase?” and “Are some lowercase letters connected?” In both the ransom note and Suspect Five’s sample, in the word “the,” the “h” and “e” flow together. Both “h’s” start with a straight line down, and leave space before continuing to complete the “h.” From there, the end of the “h” goes straight into a cursive “e,” without picking up the
Md. Rule 5-901(b)(4); cf. Fed. R. Evid. 901(b)(4) (“The appearance, contents, substance, internal patterns, or other distinctive characteristics of the item, taken together with all the circumstances.” (emphasis added)). Maryland Rule 5-901 illustrates how the internal features of a document can be significant support for establishing the authenticity of that document, so long as there is some extrinsic circumstance that makes those internal features
Identify each person (excluding your attorney) who provided you with information which enabled you to respond to this Interrogatory.
3. If you were in charge of retrieving bullets at a crime scene, what steps would you take to retrieve a bullet and take it to the crime lab?
2. List the questions raised about this situation or that you think that the investigators should ask of the maid.
If you intend to rely upon any documents, electronically stored information, or tangible things to support a position that you have taken or intend to take in the action, including any claim for damages, provide a brief description, by category and location, of all such documents, electronically stored information, and tangible things, and identify all persons having possession, custody, or control of them. (Standard General Interrogatory No. 3.)
The 10 questions, which can be viewed here, seek to determine when they officials first learned about the dossier and how they handled the salacious document that was compiled by former MI6 spy Christopher Steele.
I. Whether the district court correctly held that a third-party’s authority to consent to a search of a shoebox was not ambiguous when she gave officers clear indications of mutual access to and use of the shoebox and, even if the third-party’s authority had been ambiguous, such ambiguity would not defeat her apparent authority because allowing it to do so would impose an unreasonable burden on police officers?
There were two questions related to the manipulation checks. The first, “Did the police officer say anything to the eyewitness after she made her identification?” The answers were multiple choice, a. “Yes, he told her she chose the person they picked up near the crime scene.” b. “Yes, he thanked her for taking the time to come down the station.” c. “Yes, he told her that she incorrectly identified a fellow police officer.” d. “No, he did not say anything to her.” The second question, “When did the police officer make this comment to the eyewitness?” The answers were multiple choice a. “Before she reported her confidence in her identification.” b. “After she reported her confidence in her identification.” c. “I don’t
The National Forensic League had many great speeches for both humorous and duo interpretations presented in 2008. Some of those speeches were better than others, and my job is to rate them from best to worst and explain why. I will be looking at the following: quality and use of voice, physical expression, eye contact, and the ability to interpret characters correctly and consistently.