Documentary Evidence (Prosecution)

Exhibit “P”--- Sworn Declaration of Raffy Pelagio-----

Exhibit “P-1”--- The Screenshot of the Facebook Post of Jodel Faulkerson on Feb.
1, 2018.

(Objection--- Inadmissible in evidence (Not properly authenticated)

Exhibit “P-2”--- The Screenshot of the Facebook Post of Jodel Faulkerson on Feb.
8, 2018.

(Objection--- Inadmissible in evidence (Not properly authenticated)

Exhibit “P-3”--- The Screenshot of the Facebook Post of Jodel Faulkerson on April
7, 2018.

(Objection--- Inadmissible in evidence (Not properly authenticated)

Exhibit “P-4”--- Certificate to File Action dated June 25, 2018. (Not relevant/not
identified by the person who signed.)

Exhibit “P-5”--- The Counter-Affidavit of the accused Jodel Faulkerson. (Not

relevant/not identified by the Jodel Faulkerson)

Exhibit “P-6”--- Reserved Facebook post

(Objection--- Inadmissible in evidence (Not properly authenticated)

P-1, P-2, P-3----Grounds: A. OBJECT (REAL) EVIDENCE

Section 1. Object as evidence. — Objects as evidence are those addressed to the senses of the
court. When an object is relevant to the fact in issue, it may be exhibited to, examined or viewed by
the court. (1a)

B. DOCUMENTARY EVIDENCE

Section 2. Documentary evidence. — Documents as evidence consist of writing or any material

containing letters, words, numbers, figures, symbols or other modes of written expression offered as
proof of their contents. (n)
 1. Best Evidence Rule

Section 3. Original document must be produced; exceptions. — When the subject of inquiry is the
contents of a document, no evidence shall be admissible other than the original document itself,
except in the following cases:

(a) When the original has been lost or destroyed, or cannot be produced in court, without bad
faith on the part of the offeror;

(b) When the original is in the custody or under the control of the party against whom the
evidence is offered, and the latter fails to produce it after reasonable notice;

(c) When the original consists of numerous accounts or other documents which cannot be
examined in court without great loss of time and the fact sought to be established from them
is only the general result of the whole; and

(d) When the original is a public record in the custody of a public officer or is recorded in a
public office. (2a)

Section 4. Original of document. —

(a) The original of the document is one the contents of which are the subject of inquiry.

(b) When a document is in two or more copies executed at or about the same time, with
identical contents, all such copies are equally regarded as originals.

(c) When an entry is repeated in the regular course of business, one being copied from
another at or near the time of the transaction, all the entries are likewise equally regarded as
originals. (3a)

RULE 4
BEST EVIDENCE RULE

SECTION 1. Original of an electronic document. – An electronic document

shall be regarded as the equivalent of an original document under the Best
Evidence Rule if it is a printout or output readable by sight or other means,
shown to reflect the data accurately.
SEC. 2. Copies as equivalent of the originals. – When a document is in two
or more copies executed at or about the same time with identical contents,
or is a counterpart produced by the same impression as the original, or from
the same matrix, or by mechanical or electronic re-recording, or by chemical
reproduction, or by other equivalent techniques which is accurately
reproduces the original, such copies or duplicates shall be regarded as the
equivalent of the original.
Notwithstanding the foregoing, copies or duplicates shall not be admissible
to the same extent as the original if:
(a) a genuine question is raised as to the authenticity of the original; or
(b) in the circumstances it would be unjust or inequitable to admit a copy in
lieu of the original.

RULE 5
AUTHENTICATION OF ELECTRONIC DOCUMENTS

SECTION 1. Burden of proving authenticity. – The person seeking to

introduce an electronic document in any legal proceeding has the burden of
proving its authenticity in the manner provided in this Rule.
SEC. 2. Manner of authentication. – Before any private electronic document
offered as authentic is received in evidence, its authenticity must be proved
by any of the following means:
(a) by evidence that it had been digitally signed by the person purported to
have signed the same;
(b) by evidence that other appropriate security procedures or devices as
may be authorized by the Supreme Court or by law for authentication of
electronic documents were applied to the document; or
(c) by other evidence showing its integrity and reliability to the satisfaction
of the judge.