Michigan Laws 28.201 – Certified reproductions of state police records admissible as evidence
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Terms Used In Michigan Laws 28.201
- Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
- state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, shall be construed to extend to and include the District of Columbia and the several territories belonging to the United States; and the words "United States" shall be construed to include the district and territories. See Michigan Laws 8.3o
- Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.
A reproduction of a record or paper in the files of the department of state police, made in a medium pursuant to the records media act, or a reproduction consisting of a printout or other output readable by sight from such a medium, certified as a true reproduction by the director of the department of state police, is admissible as evidence in all cases equally and with like effect as the original. A statement, similarly certified as true by the director of the department of state police, that no record or paper is in the files of the department of state police with respect to a particular matter is admissible as evidence in all cases equally and with like effect as testimony to that effect by a member or employee of the department of state police.