Q&A on Evidence (Version 1)

- Name five important changes in the 2019 Amendments to the Revised Rules on Evidence
- What implementation came with the Apostille Convention?
- What change occurred regarding the "Best Evidence Rule"?
- What types of evidence are now included under documentary evidence?
- How has the attorney-client privilege expanded?
- What new addition covers statements having equivalent guarantees of trustworthiness?
- What is evidence?
- When is evidence admissible?
- When is an evidence relevant?
- What kind of evidence is not allowed?
- What is a documentary evidence?
- What are the two categories of documents?
- What is an “original document”?
- What is a duplicate?
- When is a duplicate admissible?
- What are the purposes of “original document rule”?
- When may a party present parol evidence?
- When can an act or declaration of a conspirator be given in evidence against a co-conspirator?
- How can similar historical acts be admitted as evidence?
- What is propensity evidence? Is it admissible? Why?
- What are Independently Relevant Statements?
- What is a res gestae?
- Isaiah 43:18-19 (NIV)
- What is hearsay? Is it admissible?
- Give at least five exceptions to the “Hearsay Evidence” Rule.
- What is an “ancient” document?
- When should evidence be offered?
- What are the classes of documents for purposes of presentation of evidence? Explain each briefly. What is the proof of each? What is an “ancient document”?
- How should objections be made?
- What are the purposes of objection?