Question

Alyce is riding her bike home from work one day when she’s killed by a hit and run driver. two witnesses say they saw a purple 1970s sedan driving erratically about a block from the scene, although they did not see alyce get hit. using cctv camera footage, police locate the car based on its license plate. they take a scraping of the hood paint near a dent. they discover not only that the car was originally blue but also that the paint in both layers matches that found on a scratch on alyce’s bike frame. in this case, which piece of evidence is documentary evidence?

a. Eyewitness accounts

b. CCTV camera footage

c. Scraping of the hood paint

d. Discovery of the car's original color and paint matching on the bike frame

Answer 1

The documentary evidence in the case with Alyce is the CCTV camera footage, as it directly records an event or state of affairs to establish facts in court. The correct option is b.

Step-by-step explanation:

In the scenario described with Alyce being killed by a hit and run driver, the documentary evidence would be the CCTV camera footage.

Documentary evidence consists of documents, records, or any form of media that can be used to establish facts in court proceedings.

Eyewitness accounts, though critical, are considered testimonial evidence, not documentary. The scraping of the hood paint, while physically collected evidence, would not be classified as documentary.

Similarly, discovering the car's original color and matching paint on the bike frame contributes to physical evidence, demonstrating the link between the car and the victim's bike. The correct option is b.