Courts and Legislative Bodies Have Generally Agreed on Some Basic

Multiple Choice

Courts and legislative bodies have generally agreed on some basic rules concerning the authentication of documents for use as evidence in criminal cases. Among these is:

A) it is necessary that evidence introduced to authenticate a document be direct evidence.
B) an expert witness may not be cross-examined when his or her testimony is to identify documentary evidence.
C) either direct or circumstantial evidence may be used to authenticate a document.
D) under Federal Rule 901, a document must exist at least 25 years before it can be admitted as an "ancient document."