Evidence Handoff Map - Evidence and Proof as Data Step by Step

Evidence records, gate traces, labels, and timelines should hand off to human review. Honesty note: simplified evidence and proof model; jurisdictions and rules vary; the pinned first step states the as-of date; not legal advice.

highlighted = computed this step

Evidence model honesty note

Honesty note: simplified evidence and proof model; jurisdictions and rules vary; as of June 24, 2026; not legal advice; code encodes a stated structural model, not the law itself.

\text{evidence model as of }June 24, 2026

Build a review spine

The stated process links item record, relevance trace, authentication records, custody events, hearsay trace, burden labels, exhibit timeline, and human review.

\text{records plus traces plus review}

Example case-study slots

A future case study would fill each slot with pinned facts: item, source records, gate labels, custody events, timing, and reviewer notes.

\text{slots before conclusions}

The flow recomputes the route

The handoff map has 8 nodes and 7 edges from evidence item to human review.

\text{nodes}=8,\quad \text{edges}=7

Diagram note

The diagram is a workflow spine. Every branch ends in review instead of an evidence or case outcome.

\text{workflow ends in review}

Jurisdiction: US; as of 2026-06-24; not legal advice; Code encodes the stated structural model, not the law itself.

Summary

The capstone pattern is simple: keep source data, gate traces, timing, and human review connected without predicting a legal result.

\text{connected data, no prediction}