VI.

OBJECT EVIDENCE

A. What is an object evidence?

B. What is a demonstrative evidence?
C. Differentiate object evidence from demonstrative evidence.
D. What are the types of demonstrative evidence?
E. Give five examples of demonstrative evidence.
F. Why is object evidence also called real evidence?
G. Why is it also known as autoptic evidence?
H. What is autoptic proference?
I. What are the requisites so that an object evidence may be
admitted in evidence?
J. How must authentication be done for:
1. real evidence in general

(note: under revised rules, these three are now

documentary evidence, in which case it should be
authenticated as one? This needs to be clarified by
jurisprudence )
2. photograph
3. video footage taken by a person
4. CCTV footage

K. What are the categories of object evidence? How may evidence

falling under each category be authenticated?
L. What is the doctrine of Chain of Custody?
M. What are the links in the chain of custody of drugs.
N. When may a documentary evidence be presented as an object
evidence?
O. Give five limitations to the presentation of object evidence.
P. What is the Fruit of the Poisonous Tree doctrine?
Q. When should the Fruit of the Poisonous Tree be invoked? For
what purpose?
R. For what evidentiary purpose may blood grouping tests be
conclusive?
S. What is DNA evidence? ( Ref: Antonio Lejano vs. People of the
Philippines G.R. No. 176389 December 14, 2010; People of the
Philippines vs. Edgar Allan Corpuz G.R. No. 208013 July 3, 2017)

1. What is DNA?

2. Give 5 instances when DNA evidence may be used.

3. What are the factors to be considered in determining

the probative value of DNA evidence?

4. What are the factors affecting the reliability of DNA

evidence?
5. What are the requisites for the admissibility of DNA
evidence?

6. What is the purpose of Post-conviction DNA testing?