The Legal Environment of Business: Text and Cases
10th Edition
ISBN: 9781337535878
Author: Frank B. Cross; Roger LeRoy Miller
Publisher: Cengage Learning US
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Chapter 10, Problem 1CT
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Case summary:During the weekend, two homes and a business center were burgled. A day after this incident, cleaning personnel found a bag that belonged to one of the burglarized homes. Following the trails, the person S was arrested. The police found other stolen items in his possession. He claimed that he bought some of them from a person M or from a website.
To Find:The eligible person for; evaluating the truthfulness of the testimony and the credibility of witnesses, and citing the reasons for the same.
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