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TENETS OF PROOF AND EVIDENCE Police Academy
At the end of the session, the trainee would be able to: 1. Define the term Proof 2. Discuss the commonest Means of Proof 3. Identify the ways in which evidence is presented to the court 4. Outline the rules governing the admissibility of evidence 5. Explain Direct evidence 6. Explain Circumstantial evidence
7. Recall the eight points of Turnbull 8. Explain Hearsay evidence 9. Explain Dying Declaration 10. Identify the necessary factors that makes a Dying Declaration admissible in court 11. Identify the requirements necessary for medical testimony to be admissible in court 12. Explain the terms Burden of Proof and Standard of Proof
What is proof? “The establishment of the existence or non-existence of some fact to the satisfaction of the court of law / trier of facts”. Police Academy