Practice question
A photograph clearly depicts a unique scratch on a seized machine. It is offered to help the court understand the machine’s appearance, while the machine itself is separately identified. Does the photograph become the actual seized machine merely because the scratch is visible?
- No; depiction and actual object remain distinct evidentiary forms
- Yes; every clear photograph physically becomes its subject
- Yes; a scratch eliminates all distinction between representation and object
- Only the photographer’s age matters
- Only a large print is actual machinery
Legal references
- People v Olarte, GR233209, March11,2019, MAIN opinion, categories and authentication of object evidence: https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2019/mar2019/gr_233209_2019.html
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