A Statement by a Coroner Contained Within a Death Certificate

Multiple Choice

A statement by a coroner contained within a death certificate that the deceased person committed suicide, where there was no witness to the infliction of the wound from which the person died:

A) is an official record and cannot be contradicted by other evidence.
B) is admissible only if certified by the elected coroner.
C) is an opinion of the coroner or medical examiner and can be disputed in the trial of a case involving the question of whether the person committed suicide.
D) may be admitted as a self-authenticating public document since it would contain only objectively correct information and the document could not be contradicted.