Question

Choose all the pieces of individual evidence.

1) carpet fiber on suspect's shirt
2) fingerprint left on a Coke can
3) soil with pollen & seeds in it
4) shoeprint from a Nike shoe
5) bullet from a .357 magnum
6) Carbon Monoxide poisoning determined through chromotography and mass spectrometry
7) A ripped t-shirt from the suspect
8) paint chip

Answer 1

Criminal evidence is any physical or verbal evidence presented in court to prove a specific crime. Evidence can take different forms and can be used by the accused to prove innocence. Admissible evidence, moreover, is the use of testimony (oral or written such as affidavit), exhibits (physical objects), documentary material or demonstrative evidence ( in the form of representation of an object including photos, x-rays, videotapes, movies, sound recordings, diagrams, forensic animation, maps, drawings, graphs, animation, simulations or models). All are presented before a judge or jury to prove a point or element in a case. In the choices above, six of them can qualify as individual evidence except numbers 3. Number 8, however, is questionable since it has incomplete description as to where and how is the paint was chipped.