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Practice question: Multiple Admissibility

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

Which distinction separates multiple from conditional admissibility?
  1. Multiple admissibility concerns permissible uses or parties; conditional admissibility involves a foundation or connection to be supplied later.
  2. Multiple admissibility always means automatic conviction.
  3. Conditional admissibility means no foundation is ever needed.
  4. They are identical names for hearsay.
  5. Neither concerns legal admissibility.

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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