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."
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