Eli Is a Public Defender Who Is Representing His Client

question 34

Multiple Choice

Eli is a public defender who is representing his client in a first-degree murder case.  A plea arrangement could not be arranged, so the case is going to trial.  In a matter of weeks, Eli will be forced to help seat a jury.  He is hoping to have a chance to select jurors who will sympathize with his client, who grew up in abject poverty and has a low IQ. Eli is not sure what the outcome of this case will be considering that there is not an eyewitness to testify.
Lacking DNA evidence and an eye witness to the crime, Eli believes the prosecutor may use his defendant's poverty to create a case based on the jury drawing conclusions from ______ evidence.

• A)c ircumstantial
• B)d irect
• C)r eal
• D)d emonstrative

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