cheese_greater@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions · 1 day agoHow do you lay foundation in legal and other evidentiary matters?message-squaremessage-square4linkfedilinkarrow-up17arrow-down10
arrow-up17arrow-down1message-squareHow do you lay foundation in legal and other evidentiary matters?cheese_greater@lemmy.world to No Stupid Questions · 1 day agomessage-square4linkfedilink
minus-squareDerisionConsultinglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·19 hours agoFoundation is basically the evidence to the evidence. It’s the process of convincing the judge that evidence or witnesses should be part of the trial. YOU do not do it; your lawyer does.
minus-squarecheese_greater@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·19 hours agoRight but in comman parlance or more ubiquitous examples, how do people generally do that
minus-squareDerisionConsultinglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·18 hours agoPeople generally don’t. Lawyers will establish, though soft evidence, that a person, place, or thing, is relevant to a trail. It’s not just a bloody baseball bat, it was found between where the assault took place and the accused home. This isn’t a random person, they worked at the store across the street during the time of the attack and could’ve witnessed the crime.
Foundation is basically the evidence to the evidence. It’s the process of convincing the judge that evidence or witnesses should be part of the trial.
YOU do not do it; your lawyer does.
Right but in comman parlance or more ubiquitous examples, how do people generally do that
People generally don’t.
Lawyers will establish, though soft evidence, that a person, place, or thing, is relevant to a trail.