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if they testify that they witnessed the actual performance of the criminal event under question. Other testimony, such as the witness description of a chase leading up to an act of violence or a so-called
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that directly supports the truth of an assertion without intervening inference. It is often exemplified by
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Evidence that supports an assertion directly, without intervening inference
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can help prove via inference whether an assertion is true, such as
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Incontrovertible evidence
law
body of facts
eyewitness testimony
witness
circumstantial evidence
forensics
expert witness
criminal case
actus reus
smoking gun
Digital evidence
Evidence
Hearsay
In flagrante delicto


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