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Authentication of Surveillance Video by Lay Witness Under Silent Witness Doctrine

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31, 2024), the intermediate appellate court addressed an important issue of authentication of surveillance video by a lay witness. That witness was permitted to authenticate a video under the silent witness theory. Therefore, in his view, the evidence was not sufficiently authenticated. Lorraine v.

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Social Media Evidence: What You Need To Know

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What Social Media Evidence? Starting with the obvious, information on social media certainly is evidence. In California, evidence is comprehensively defined to include "testimony, writings, material objects, or other things presented to the senses that are offered to prove the existence or nonexistence of a fact." ” Cal.