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(36a)
Section 34. Offer of evidence.
Section 37. When repetition of objection unnecessary.
The court shall consider no evidence which has not been
formally offered. When it becomes reasonably apparent
in the course of the examination of a witness
The purpose for which the evidence is offered must be that the question being propounded
specified. (35) are of the same class as those to which objection
has been made,
Section 35. When to make offer. whether such objection was sustained or overruled,
it shall not be necessary to repeat the objection,
As regards the testimony of a the offer must be made at
it being sufficient for the adverse party
witness the time the witness is
o to record his continuing objection
called to testify. o to such class of questions.
Documentary and object shall be offered after the Section 38. Ruling.
evidence presentation of a party's
testimonial evidence. The ruling of the court must be given immediately
Such offer shall be done orally unless after the objection is made,
allowed by the court to be unless the court desires to take a reasonable time to
done in writing inform itself on the question presented;
o If documents or things offered in evidence are The court may also consider the number of witnesses,
excluded by the court, though the preponderance is not necessarily with the
o the offeror may have the same greater number. (1a)
attached to or
made part of the record. Section 2. Proof beyond reasonable doubt.
Section 1. Preponderance of evidence, how determined. Section 3. Extrajudicial confession, not sufficient ground for
conviction.
In civil cases, the party having burden of proof must
establish his case by a preponderance of evidence. An extrajudicial confession made by an accused,
shall not be sufficient ground for conviction,
unless corroborated by evidence of corpus delicti. Section 6. Power of the court to stop further evidence.
(3)
The court may stop the introduction of further
Section 4. Circumstantial evidence, when sufficient. CFC testimony
Circumstantial evidence is sufficient for conviction if: upon any particular point
when the evidence upon it is already so full
(a) There is more than one circumstances; that more witnesses to the same point
cannot be reasonably expected to be
(b) The facts from which the inferences are derived are
additionally persuasive.
proven; and
But this power should be exercised with caution. (6)
(c) The combination of all the circumstances is such as to
produce a conviction beyond reasonable doubt. (5) Section 7. Evidence on motion.