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Practice question: Competent and Credible Evidence

Multiple Choice Easy

Practice question

In distinguishing competent from credible evidence, what does legal competence or admissibility principally concern?
  1. Whether the material favors the richer party
  2. Whether the law and applicable evidentiary rules permit its reception
  3. Whether counsel repeats it most often
  4. Whether it guarantees conviction
  5. Whether the witness has many followers

Legal references

  • https://lawphil.net/courts/rules/pdf/am_19-08-15-sc_2019.pdf — A.M. No. 19-08-15-SC, current Rules 128 §3, 130 §§21–22, 131 §1, 133 §§1–2,4–6.
  • https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2013/dec2013/gr_182356_2013.html — Dela Llana v. Biong, G.R. No. 182356, December 4, 2013, MAIN decision (evidentiary facts, ultimate fact, and admissibility versus weight).
  • https://lawphil.net/judjuris/juri2025/apr2025/gr_265570_2025.html — People v. Akil, G.R. No. 265570, April 7, 2025, MAIN decision (police-initiated private questioning of a detainee and custodial confession).
  • https://lawphil.net/consti/cons1987.html — 1987 Constitution, Article III §§2–3,12,14 (exclusionary protections and due process).

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