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Practice question: Electronic Evidence (AM 01-7-01-SC)

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Practice question

An electronic record meets the initial business-record foundation, but evidence shows its information source and storage method were untrustworthy. May that evidence be considered?
  1. No, the presumption is irrebuttable.
  2. No, source reliability is expressly irrelevant.
  3. No, every admitted record conclusively proves all contents.
  4. No, only the proponent may discuss the system.
  5. Yes; Rule 8, Section 2 permits overcoming the stated presumption on those grounds.

Legal references

  • A.M. No. 01-7-01-SC, Rules on Electronic Evidence, Rules 7-9: https://lawphil.net/courts/supreme/am/am_01-7-01_sc_2001.html

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