A tangible thing, record, photograph, film, video, audio recording, demonstrative evidence, experiment, simulation, or other similar matter is admissible only if the offeror presents the trial court with sufficient evidence to show that the thing or other matter is what the offeror claims it is.

Contributed in 2008 & last edited in 2009 by Peter Tillers
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