testimonial evidence

Examples of testimonial evidence in the following topics:

• The Miranda Warning

  • The Miranda rule applies to the use of testimonial evidence in criminal proceedings that is the product of custodial police interrogation.

• Vertical Checks and Balances

  • The Supreme Court arbitrates how a law acts to determine the disposition of prisoners, determines how a law acts to compel testimony and the production of evidence.

• Preparing the Budget

  • In preparation for submitting a final presidential budget request to Congress, the OMB also ensures that reports from individual agencies, along with any rules, testimony, and proposed legislation, are consistent with the president's budget request and administration policies.

• Article III

  • No person shall be convicted of treason unless on the testimony of two witnesses to the same overt act, or on confession in open court.

• The Oversight Function

  • The government's charter does not explicitly grant Congress the authority to conduct inquiries or investigations of the executive, to have access to records or materials held by the executive, or to issue subpoenas for documents or testimony from the executive.

• The Exclusionary Rule

  • The exclusionary rule holds that evidence collected in violation of the defendant's rights is sometimes inadmissible.
  • The exclusionary rule is also designed to provide disincentive to prosecutors and police who illegally gather evidence in violation of the Fifth Amendment of the Bill of Rights.
  • Most states have their own exclusionary remedies for illegally obtained evidence under their state constitutions and/or statutes.
  • In strict cases, when an illegal action is used by police/prosecution to gain any incriminating result, all evidence whose recovery stemmed from the illegal action can be thrown out from a jury.
  • Even in a criminal case, the exclusionary rule does not simply bar the introduction of all evidence obtained in violation of the Fourth, Fifth, or Sixth Amendments.

• Investigation

  • The government's charter does not explicitly grant Congress the authority to conduct inquiries or investigations of the executive, have access to records or materials held by the executive, or to issue subpoenas for documents or testimony from the executive.

• The Right to Privacy

  • They also mention the necessary limitations on the doctrine, excluding matters of public or general interest, privileged communications such as judicial testimony, oral publications in the absence of special damage, and publications of information published or consented to by the individual.

• The Cost of Maintaining the Government

  • The OMB ensures that agency reports, rules, testimony and proposed legislation are consistent with the President's Budget and with Administration Policies.

• The War on Terrorism

  • The Taliban demanded evidence of bin Laden's link to the 11 September attacks and, if such evidence warranted a trial, they offered to handle such a trial in an Islamic Court.
  • The US refused to provide any evidence.