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Practice question: Secondary Evidence

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Practice question

In what order does section 5 list methods of proving the unavailable original’s contents?
  1. Witness memory first in every case, then any copy.
  2. Any method chosen without regard to the Rule.
  3. A copy, recital in an authentic document, then witness testimony, in the stated order.
  4. Only a newspaper account.
  5. Only a criminal confession.

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-08-15-sc_2019.html — Rule 130 sections 3–9: original-document exceptions, duplicates, unavailable originals, adverse custody, summaries and public records.

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