CDMBE: A Case Description Model Based on Evidence

Table 1

The key items of “Witness for the Prosecution.”

ID	T	Description	FA	S	R	IC	FC
1	A	V murdered F			J	0	0.11
2	A	V had a full capacity for criminal responsibility	1	1	C	0	1
3	A	Right to life of F	1	1	P	0	1
4	A	V had criminal motive and purpose	1	1	P	0	0.91
5	A	V killed F	1	1	C	0	0.11
6	A	V was normal	2	1	P	0	1
7	E	V’s psychiatric expertise	6	1		1	1
8	A	V was at the criminal legal age	2	1	P	0	1
9	E	V’s age certification	8	1		1	1
10	A	F died	3	1	P	0	1
11	E	The body of F	10	1		1	1
12	A	V had a motive for money	4	1	G	0	0.91
13	A	V was poor	12	0.9	G	0	0.96
14	E	V claimed to be poor	13	0.9		1	1
15	E	Others testified that V was poor	13	0.9		1	1
16	A	V had a motive for money	12	0.9	P	0	0.89
17	A	V consulted a line trip abroad	16	0.9	N	0	0.99
18	E	V’s testimony	17	0.9		1	1
19	E	Travel agency employee’s testimony	17	1		1	1
20	A	V was at the crime scene	5	1	G	0	0.11
21	A	V admitted that he killed F	20	1	P	0	0.26
22	E	Christine’s testimony	21	0.95		1	1
23	A	Servant heard the talking between V and F	20	1	P	0	0.21
24	E	Servant heard the joking between V and F	23	0.52		1	1
25	A	F died of a hit from the back of her head by V	5	1	G	0	0.45
26	A	The bloodstain on V’s clothes was F’s	25	1	P	0	0.24
27	E	The blood type on the clothes was the same as F’s	26	0.93		1	1
28	A	F died of a hit from the back of her head	25	0.45	G	0	0.99
29	E	Police Herne proved a fatal hit	28	0.9		1	1
30	A	French’s head was hit by blunt	28	1	P	0	1
31	E	The medical report	30	1		1	1
32	E	V reported that he was not at the crime scene	20	−0.1		1	1
33	A	Servant lied	23	−0.9	G	0	0.93
34	E	The change of the will made V become the biggest beneficiary	33	0.8		1	1
35	A	Servant did not hear the joking	33	0.95	G	0	0.96
36	A	Servant was disabled in hearing	35	0.9	P	0	1
37	E	Servant applied for hearing aid	36	1		1	1
38	A	The bedroom door was closed	35	0.9	P	0	1
39	E	Servant proved that the bedroom door was closed at that time	38	1		1	1
40	A	The bloodstain on V’s clothes was his	26	−0.8	G	0	0.95
41	E	V’s testimony: he injured while cutting bread	40	0.5		1	1
42	E	V’s blood type was the same as F’s	40	0.6		1	1
43	E	V had a scar on his hand	40	0.95		1	1
44	A	Christine lied about V confession to him and the time of coming back	21	−0.9	P	0	0.82
45	A	Christine said in a letter that he would perjure and elope with lover	44	0.9	P	0	0.9
46	A	All of the letters were written to his lover overseas	45	0.9	P	0	1
47	E	A letter from Christine to his lover overseas	46	1		1	1