MEDICAL EVIDENCE

Autoptic or Real Evidence

Evidence perceived by the senses

Testimonial Evidence

Given orally and expressed under oath

Experimental Evidence

May use experimental animals in view of the court

Documentary Evidence

Makes use of medical certificates such as in autopsies

Physical Evidence

Articles and materials which are found in connection with the investigation

Corpus Delicti

Physical evidence that proves the crime existed

Associative Evidence

Physical evidence that links the suspect to the crime

Tracing Evidence

Physical evidence that may assist the investigator in locating the suspect

Direct Evidence

That which proves the fact in dispute without the aid of anyinference or presumption

Circumstantial Evidence

Proof of fact or facts from which the existence of a particular fact in dispute may be inferred as a necessary or probable consequence

Corroborative Evidence

Collection of facts and information that backs up someone's story or support a proposition

• Blood pressure

• Respiration

• Pulse

• Skin conduction

Factors affecting lie detector tests

• “match,” “inclusion,” or “failure to exclude”

• “nonmatch” or “exclusion”

• “inconclusive”

Three possible laboratory outcomes of DNA testing