Describe the objections that may be used by a defense attorney in order to prevent an object from being admitted as evidence.
What will be an ideal response?
Due to the great impact physical evidence has on a jury, a defense attorney will often do everything possible to prevent an object from being introduced as evidence. The defense attorney might argue that the object is unduly prejudicial to the defendant, as with gruesome photographs, or that the person collecting the object was prejudiced toward the defendant and planted the evidence. The attorney can try to show that the object is not relevant and has not been positively connected to the case. Or the defense might try to prove that the officer cannot positively identify the object as the same object that was recovered at the crime scene. The defense attorney might try to prove that the object was tampered with, collected by an incompetent investigator, or contaminated in such a way that the object can no longer prove the fact intended.
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What will be an ideal response?
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