Practice question
A court conditionally receives a document pending competent proof of identity, without prescribing a particular witness. A different competent witness later supplies that identity proof. Must the connection fail solely because the expected witness was not used?
- No; the actual evidentiary condition may be satisfied by competent proof
- Yes; only counsel’s initially expected witness can ever connect it
- Yes; the court must ignore the actual proof
- Yes; a new exhibit number is indispensable
- Yes; conditional reception prohibits substitution of proof
Legal references
- AM19-08-15-SC, effectiveMay1,2020, Rules128 Sections3–4;129 Section4;130 Sections21–22,28,37;132 Sections34,39: https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-08-15-sc_2019.html
- People v Yatco, GRL-9181, November28,1955, MAIN opinion, conditional reception and final exclusion, read with current evidence rules: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1955/nov1955/gr_l-9181_1955.html
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