Practice question
What is the central idea of multiple admissibility?
- Every offered item is admissible for every use.
- An item may be admitted for a permissible purpose or against a proper party even if another proposed use is inadmissible.
- No evidence may serve more than one purpose.
- One exhibit automatically proves the entire case.
- Evidence rules cease to apply after marking.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-08-15-sc_2019.html — Rule 128 section 3; Rule 130 sections 27–29, 34–35 and 37; Rule 132 section 34: purpose-specific admissibility.
- https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri1955/nov1955/gr_l-9181_1955.html — People v. Yatco, G.R. L-9181, November 28, 1955, main opinion: multiple admissibility, subject to current safeguards.
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