Mary Is on Trial for Child Abuse

Multiple Choice

Mary is on trial for child abuse. Devin, Mary's defense attorney, has interviewed the following witnesses:
· Larry, Mary's brother who lives 500 miles away and has not visited Mary since June of last year, who states that he has never seen Mary abuse her children.
· Kathy, Mary's15-year-old babysitter, who claims that she saw the children's father hit them with a belt on March 1.
· Julie, a nurse at the clinic where Mary takes the children for medical care, who reported that the children came in for an appointment on March 2 and had bruises that she suspected were inflicted with a belt
· Isabel, a social worker for Children's Protective Services (CPS) , who testified at a civil court hearing on a petition filed against Mary by CPS, that on March 10 she saw numerous bruises in different stages of healing on the children.
· Henry, Mary's boyfriend, who insists he saw the children's father hit them with a belt on March 1. What would be considered testimonial evidence?

A) All of these would be testimonial evidence.
B) Larry's statement made during a telephone call to Devin.
C) Julie's notes in the children's medical records.
D) Isabel's statements made at the civil court hearing.