Competent and Credible Evidence

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1. In distinguishing competent from credible evidence, what does legal competence or admissibility principally concern?
2. What does credibility principally concern?
3. Does a witness's interest in the case outcome automatically disqualify the witness under current Rule 130, Section 21?
4. A witness is legally qualified and gives admissible testimony. The court finds material contradictions and poor opportu…
5. A confession appears detailed and convincing, but an applicable constitutional exclusion has been correctly established…
6. A qualified expert's opinion is admitted. The opinion relies on inadequate data, uses an unexplained method, and does n…
7. A competent eyewitness identifies a stranger as the offender after seeing him briefly at a long distance in poor lighti…
8. Distinguish evidentiary competence or admissibility from credibility and explain why both matter.
9. Explain why a witness's interest in the outcome must be distinguished from legal disqualification.
10. A court receives an expert opinion. What considerations govern its weight under Rule 133, Section 5?
11. Does religious belief alone disqualify a witness under Rule130 Section21?
12. What two basic capacities does Section21 identify?