When is a posed or reconstructed scene acceptable?

What will be an ideal response?


Usually a posed or reconstructed scene is inadmissible. However, there are times when only relative positions or locations of objects in a crime scene are of importance, and a reconstructed scene filmed or photographed for this purpose, if properly explained, may be admissible. In posing the scene, the officer should consider using some entirely different objects so as to make clear that it is a reconstruction. For example, using a stick or marker to represent the position of a gun in a crime scene instead of another gun of a different caliber or make.

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