CENTRAL PHILIPPINE UNIVERSITY

COLLEGE OF LAW
JURIS DOCTOR PROGRAM

COMPREHENSIVE TAKE HOME EXAMINATIONS IN

LEGAL MEDICINE
ST
1 SEMESTER SY 2018-2019

Answer the following questions comprehensively using your

examination booklet and submit on or before November 13, 2018,
5pm in the College of Nursing Dean’s Office.

1. Discuss the value/importance of Legal Medicine in :

a) Criminal cases (4)
b) Civil cases (3)
c) Administrative cases (3)

2. What is the role/place of DNA testing/ forensic processes in:

a) Criminal investigation (4)
b) Establishing paternity/ filiation (3)
c) Establishing identity in emergency cases (3)

3. Discuss the steps in presenting an expert witness particularly

a medico-legal officer or histopathology expert (10)

4. What areas of medico-legal report like autopsy report/

histopath results/medical certificate should be dissected
when presenting a medical evidence/ medico-legal expert to
support the theory of the case? (10)

5. What is the weight and admissibility of polygraph

examinations in lie detection? Discuss why polygraph test is
not conclusive of one’s veracity? (10)

6. Being a future forensic expert how do you go about in

preserving and collecting pieces of evidence in the crime
scene? Discuss the steps and processes. (10)
7. Discuss the significance of the point of entry and point of exit
in gunshot wounds. Explain the features of gunshot wounds
and how this will aid in making conclusions for medico- legal
investigations ? ( 10 )

8. Differentiate the nature of accidental, suicidal and homicidal

wound? How do you present medico-legal evidence in
support of the prosecution’s theory? (10)

9. In sex crimes particularly rape, how do you go about

presenting medical evidence in support of your theory? ( 10 )

10. What is the place of legal medicine in marriage cases

particularly on annulment/ declaration of nullity and legal
separation? Discuss the medico-legal aspect needed in
support of the grounds for such marriage cases ( 10)

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