How do you lay foundation in legal and other evidentiary matters?
from cheese_greater@lemmy.world to nostupidquestions@lemmy.ca on 09 Mar 07:07
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slazer2au@lemmy.world on 09 Mar 07:47 next collapse

You consult a lawyer who has spent years learning court proceedings.

DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca on 09 Mar 12:49 collapse

Foundation is basically the evidence to the evidence. It’s the process of convincing the judge that evidence or witnesses should be part of the trial.

YOU do not do it; your lawyer does.

cheese_greater@lemmy.world on 09 Mar 12:56 collapse

Right but in comman parlance or more ubiquitous examples, how do people generally do that

DerisionConsulting@lemmy.ca on 09 Mar 13:15 collapse

People generally don’t.

Lawyers will establish, though soft evidence, that a person, place, or thing, is relevant to a trail.

  • It’s not just a bloody baseball bat, it was found between where the assault took place and the accused home.
  • This isn’t a random person, they worked at the store across the street during the time of the attack and could’ve witnessed the crime.