Evidence Test

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Questão 1

Questão
A trial is about speaking the truth
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 2

Questão
Prior to the Charter of Rights and Freedoms, the balance was in favour of admissibility of evidence, no matter how it was obtained, as it was the best method for getting at the truth.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 3

Questão
Since the Charter, the balance has swung towards protection of individual rights, and evidence that has been obtained contrary to certain Charter principles is often excluded, with unpredictable results.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 4

Questão
Prior to the adoption of the Canadian Charter on Rights and Freedoms in 1982, the common law dealt with illegally or improperly obtained evidence in a very relaxed manner.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 5

Questão
Basically, there WAS a rule of law or judicial discretion to exclude evidence because of the improper or illegal method by which it was obtained.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 6

Questão
The general rule of admissibility was that all evidence was
Responda
  • relevant
  • probative
  • true
  • reliable

Questão 7

Questão
Once the Charter became law, the right to certain legal protections became the law of the land.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 8

Questão
Everyone, EXCEPT a criminal suspect or an accused became entitled to the protection of the rights contained in the Charter.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 9

Questão
What two things are still hotly debated in legal circles concerning evidence?
Responda
  • how an accused should be treated in jail
  • how many years should an accused receive for manslaughter
  • balancing of the rights of the individual
  • seeking the truth

Questão 10

Questão
Which sections of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms contain Legal Rights?
Responda
  • sections 24-32
  • sections 19-23
  • sections 7-14

Questão 11

Questão
Which section says "Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of the person and the right not to be deprived thereof except in accordance with the principles of fundamental justice."
Responda
  • s.9
  • s.8
  • s.11
  • s.7

Questão 12

Questão
Which is the search or seizure section?
Responda
  • s.9
  • s.6
  • s.8
  • s.0

Questão 13

Questão
Everyone has the right not to be arbitrarily detained or imprisoned says which section?
Responda
  • s.9
  • s.2
  • s.12
  • s.10

Questão 14

Questão
Everyone has the right on arrest or detention to:
Responda
  • be promptly informed of the reason for arrest/detention
  • retain and instruct counsel without delay and to be informed of that right
  • call their mom and tell them that they have just been arrested
  • have the validity of the detention determined by way of habeas corpus and to be released if the detention is not lawful

Questão 15

Questão
Which section deals with unreasonable delay, reasonable time, not to be compelled and presumption of innocence until proven guilty?
Responda
  • s.11
  • s.9
  • s.19
  • s.1

Questão 16

Questão
Cruel and unusual punishment is covered by which section?
Responda
  • s.14
  • s.4
  • s.8
  • s.12

Questão 17

Questão
Incriminating evidence is covered in section 13:
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 18

Questão
If I don't speak English or French I cannot get someone to help me in court
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 19

Questão
Section 14 deals with foreign languages and people who are hearing impaired.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 20

Questão
The exclusion of illegally or improperly obtained evidence is an EXTREMELY POWERFUL REMEDY for the violation of constitutional rights.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 21

Questão
Section 24(2) contains the remedy for exclusion of improperly obtained evidence.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 22

Questão
What is likely to happen if it is found that the admission of evidence obtained in violation of an accused person's Charter rights?
Responda
  • He could be imprisoned
  • He could be flogged
  • Case could be dismissed
  • He could receive 25 years

Questão 23

Questão
The exclusionary rule is NOT controversial at all in Canada.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 24

Questão
Section 24(1) deals with Enforcement
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 25

Questão
For the defence to seek the right to an effective remedy such as exclusion of illegally or improperly obtained evidence, the defence must prove
Responda
  • that the accused's rights or freedoms have been infringed or denied
  • that the evidence was obtained in a manner that infringed or denied that right or freedom
  • that they used force
  • that they threatened the accused

Questão 26

Questão
The Plaintiff bears the initial burden of presenting evidence and of persuading the judge, on the civil standard of balance of probabilities that a violation of the accused's Charter rights occurred that could not be saved by s.1, the Oakes Test.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 27

Questão
The first opportunity the Supreme Court of Canada had to analyze s.24(2) and provide guidance to trial judges on its application was in 1987 in the case of
Responda
  • R. v. Mohan
  • R. v. Khan
  • R. v. Collins
  • R. v. Baldree

Questão 28

Questão
What were the grounds of defence in the R. v. Collins case?
Responda
  • search took place without a warrant
  • no reasonable grounds
  • without identifying the officer

Questão 29

Questão
Which section of the Charter did they claim was violated?
Responda
  • s.9
  • s.6
  • s.8
  • s.1

Questão 30

Questão
In the R. v. Collins matter the court of first instance held that
Responda
  • there was a violation of Charter rights, and she was set free
  • there was no violation of Charter rights, but she was convicted
  • there was a violation of Charter rights, but she was convicted

Questão 31

Questão
In the Collins matter, the Court of Appeal upheld the conviction but this was overturned by the Supreme Court
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 32

Questão
The Collins test had 9 criteria for deciding the admissibility or exclusion of improperly obtained evidence.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 33

Questão
What are the three categories into which the 9 criteria are divided?
Responda
  • Fairness at Trial
  • Seriousness of the Violation
  • How many persons were convicted
  • Effect of exclusion

Questão 34

Questão
Name 6 of the Collins criteria
Responda
  • What kind of evidence was obtained?
  • What Charter rights were infringed?
  • Was the violation serious or technical?
  • Was the violation deliberate or inadvertent?
  • Were the circumstances urgent or necessary?
  • is the offence serious?
  • Was anyone else looking?

Questão 35

Questão
The Collins test was replaced by another in 1997. What was the name of that case?
Responda
  • R. v. Stinchombe
  • R. v. Baldree
  • R. v. Khan
  • R. v. Stillman

Questão 36

Questão
Why did the Supreme Court look for another case? The Collins test was considered:
Responda
  • confusing and complicated
  • hard and compelling
  • vague and misleading
  • too easy to understand and apply

Questão 37

Questão
Intervenors were NOT allowed in the Stillman case
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 38

Questão
Mr. Stillman willingly gave the police hair, buccal swab and teeth impressions.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 39

Questão
Mr. Stillman was set free by both the court of first instance and the Court of Appeal
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 40

Questão
Conscriptive Evidence is evidence that could NOT be collected without the accused person's participation.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 41

Questão
Non-conscriptive Evidence is evidence that COULD be collected without the accused person's participation.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 42

Questão
In the Stillman case, the bodily samples were NOT real evidence even though the accused had been compelled by the produce.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 43

Questão
Examples of conscriptive evidence would be
Responda
  • forced confession
  • DNA sample
  • a gun

Questão 44

Questão
Examples of non-conscriptive evidence would be
Responda
  • a buccal swab
  • hair follicles
  • a gun
  • drugs

Questão 45

Questão
What other factors did the court list to support the fact that the evidence was improperly obtained?
Responda
  • the breach was very serious
  • the police used threat of force and intrusive measures
  • there was a blatant disregard of the lawyer's letter and ignored the fundamental rights of the youth
  • they did not ask the youth nicely

Questão 46

Questão
The tissue was not conscripted evidence because the police FORCED the accused to produce it.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 47

Questão
The tissue in Stillman's case was admissible.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 48

Questão
The wording of section 24(2) calls for a review of all the circumstances and what appears to be recommended by many of the academics is the return to the balancing as initially envisioned by the drafters of the Charter. The Stillman approach was criticized for not providing this balance.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 49

Questão
The Stillman case was replaced by the R. v. Grant case in 2009.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 50

Questão
Before the 2009 decision in R. v. Grant, the distinction between conscriptive and non-conscriptive evidence was really important.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 51

Questão
If the evidence was classified as conscriptive, it was almost certainly excluded pursuant to s24(2) of the Charter because the law held that admitting conscriptive evidence obtained in violation of the accused's Charter rights made the trial unfair.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 52

Questão
What were the concerns raised in light of the 2009 Grant case?
Responda
  • that the jurisprudence developed a quasi-automatic exclusionary rule
  • that the courts appear to distinguish between a hierarchy of rights rather than a balance of rights
  • that the accused had no rights

Questão 53

Questão
A criminal action is started by laying an information.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 54

Questão
The two types of evidence are
Responda
  • Direct
  • Indirect
  • Oral
  • Audio

Questão 55

Questão
Indirect Evidence is also called:
Responda
  • Documentary
  • Real
  • Circumstantial

Questão 56

Questão
Evidence can be introduced in one of three ways.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 57

Questão
Which of the following ways is NOT a way that evidence can be introduced into court:
Responda
  • Directly
  • Orally
  • Documentary
  • Real

Questão 58

Questão
Direct evidence can be Oral or Real
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 59

Questão
Oral evidence is the most common type of direct evidence.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 60

Questão
Real evidence is only receivable if the following four criteria are met:
Responda
  • relevant to the matters in issue
  • identified as genuine, and therefore
  • authenticated, and be
  • connected tot he issues before the court
  • known by every body even the jury

Questão 61

Questão
Circumstantial Evidence is also known as Indirect Evidence
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 62

Questão
Circumstantial evidence does NOT require an inference to get from the evidence to a material fact.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 63

Questão
A document must be authenticated by either
Responda
  • calling on the newspaper that printed it
  • calling the writer as a witness
  • calling a witness to the document's preparation, or
  • calling a handwriting expert or expert in typeface

Questão 64

Questão
There are three ways that courts assess the admissibility of photographs and videos
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 65

Questão
The three ways in which courts assess the admissibility of photographs and videos are
Responda
  • calling the witness
  • their accuracy
  • their fairness and absence of potential to mislead
  • verification of a witness that they are what they purport to be

Questão 66

Questão
Consciousness of Guilt is a term given to the behaviour of an accused that may be admitted as evidence that he was behaving in a guilty manner.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 67

Questão
Subsequent Remediation or Repair is NOT the civil equivalent to consciousness of guilt.
Responda
  • True
  • False

Questão 68

Questão
The courts are careful about accepting evidence of subsequent repair for two main reasons:
Responda
  • evidence lacks relevance
  • it is argued on policy grounds that if evidence of subsequent remedial measures
  • everybody knows they did it

Questão 69

Questão
What is the best evidence rule?
Responda
  • ...that secondary evidence, such as a copy or fax, will not be admissible if an original document exists
  • ... that real evidence, such pictures of a gun or knife will not be admissible

Questão 70

Questão
Section 31.2(1)(2) of the Canadian Evidence Act is where provisions for the Best Evidence Rule is found
Responda
  • True
  • False

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