Question

Timothy is the defendant in a criminal trial. He has been charged with the murder of his brother, which occurred last Saturday night at 10:05 PM. He insists he just finished his shift at subway at 10:00 PM and could not have possibly been at the scene of the crime in 5 minutes because it was nearly a 20-minute drive from his place of work. This statement is an example of what?

Answer 1

This statement is an example of An alibi

Step-by-step explanation:

What is an alibi in a court case?

An alibi is a proof that someone who has been accused or suspected of a particular crime gives as an evidence in court in order to prove that at the time in which the crime was committed the person was in another place away from where the crime was committed.

Timothy says he just knocked off from his shift around 10:00 PM and the crime was committed around 10:05 PM and if he says it takes 20 minutes from where he works to get to where the murder was committed that means he couldn't have made it to that point in just 5 minutes and that is Timothy's alibi which if the court needs to confirm can use cameras around the subway area or any clocking system that Timothy uses to check out at his work place .