Categories of Object Evidence

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1. Which is an example of a unique object in the classification discussed in Olarte?
2. What is an object made unique?
3. Why do unmarked, interchangeable specimens pose special evidentiary concerns?
4. An officer places identifying initials on an otherwise ordinary tool and later explains the mark and recovery. Which cl…
5. A witness uses a scale model, expressly identified as a model, to explain where vehicles were located. In Olarte’s gene…
6. A laboratory receives two visually indistinguishable liquid samples from different sites. A witness says all liquid bot…
7. A damaged watch has a rare engraving and a distinctive broken clasp observed by its owner before and immediately after …
8. Distinguish unique objects, objects made unique and non-unique objects, with an example of each.
9. Differentiate an actual damaged vehicle part from a model used to illustrate how it moved.
10. Does placing a label on an indistinguishable specimen conclusively solve every authenticity issue? Explain.
11. Does a batch code shared by hundreds of identical objects necessarily identify one particular unit as unique?
12. Can an accidental dent or unusual paint mark provide a naturally existing identifying feature?