The Law Of Visual Evidence | Objects

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Commonwealth v. Carlton, 43 Mass. App. Ct. 702 (1997)
A witness's identification of the object as the actual object in question is sufficient for authentication for admission into evidence, regardless of chain of custody. Any deficiency in the chain of custody affects the weight and not the ...
Commonwealth v. Pixley, 42 Mass. App. Ct. 927 (1997)
Actual binoculars allowed into jury deliberation room after admitted as evidence and marked as exhibit, notwithstanding possible experimentation by jury (citing similar cases around U.S.).
Commonwealth v. Souza, 34 Mass. App. Ct. 436 (1993)
It was not improper to display to the jury a wrist band that looked "something like what he was wearing;" even though the witness could not say it was the one actually used in the beating.
Coleman Bros., Inc. v. Union St. Ry. Co., 198 N.E. 917, 292 Mass. 557 (1935)
A cut or picture of the compressor was admitted as a chalk to give idea of what it looked like.

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