Practice question
A blind witness personally heard a relevant conversation and can communicate those perceptions. May the court categorically reject the person merely for inability to see?
- Yes, only visual perception qualifies.
- Yes, blindness eliminates every form of knowledge.
- No; relevant personal perception may come through hearing, subject to the needed foundation and other rules.
- No; the witness must therefore know every speaker automatically.
- Yes, unless the conversation was written.
Legal references
- https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/am_19-08-15-sc_2019.html — Rule 130 sections 21–22: perception, communication, nondisqualification grounds and personal knowledge.
- https://lawphil.net/courts/supreme/am/am_004_07_sc_2000.html — Rule on Examination of a Child Witness sections 4, 6–11: child definition, presumption, examination and appropriate assistance.
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