How long has it been since you last treated a patient? And so on. Often‚ it is best to have the answer come from the mouth of the witness. A lawyer asks these non-leading questions because he or she knows the answer and‚ if the witness waffles‚ the witness can be impeached.[v][5] The point is not that every question must be leading‚ but that the expert is never afforded an opportunity to expound on a question of critical importance. When reaching this goal‚ look for the opportunity to use
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their final decision they will establish a precedent. What is the difference between a fact witness and an expert witness? The difference between a fact witness and an expert witness is that a fact witness only provides details and specific circumstances in a case while a expert witness provides insight on a case based on his or her sharing their expert knowledge of a subject based on their training and experiences. Explain the purpose and importance of a sidebar
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The Frye Standard is a standard used to determine the admissibility of an expert’s scientific testimony. A court in which applies the Frye Standard must determine whether or not the method which the evidence was obtained was generally accepted by experts in the field in which it belongs. When did this standard come into effect and why? 2. The Frye Standard came out of a 1923 legal decision (Frye V United States). It was a case discussing the admissibility of a polygraph test. James Frye was
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to present to the court a collection of experts who can testify that the scientific issue before the court is generally accepted by the relevant members of scientific community. 3. What document offers an alternative to the Frye standard that some courts believe espouses a more flexible standard for admitting scientific evidence? Rule 702 of the Federal Rule of Evidence set a different standard. Under this standard‚ a witness “qualified as an expert testimony on a scientific or technical
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LaKisha Overton PA203: Interviewing and Investigating Professor Cheryl Olsen Unit 8 Assignment Final Project June 11‚ 2014 1. Describe the difference(s) between a witness and a client. Then describe differences between interviewing a client-witness and interviewing a nonclient-witness. Clients and Witnesses are key factors in a legal cause. However the roles they play and how the legal team deals with them during the overall case‚ are drastically different. Clients are coming
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Subspecialities of Forensic Psychology: Legal Psychology and Correctional Psychology Antonella Zavala MISSOURI VALLEY COLLEGE CJ240 ABSTRACT Forensic psychology is the science that studies the individuals offender’s behavior. Forensic Science has other sciences that coordinates its goal such as Legal Psychology which will decide whether an offender is on conditions to go or not to court and correctional psychology that will follow the behavior and rehab on an offender
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2005 ■ Procedural History Carter K. Libbey brought this case to court to exclude the defendant’s witness Allan F. Tencer‚ Ph.D.‚ and any exhibits that he had from testifying because his defendant didn’t comply with the Court’s Scheduling Order. ■ Facts The Court’s scheduling order was dated for March 8‚ 2004 for the defendant to disclose its expert witness together with the expert disclosures before January 3‚ 2005. The defendant
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is presented by adversaries‚ each one offering evidence favorable to his or her client and each demanding a fair chance to challenge the reliability of the other ‘s proof. Also the factfinders in a trial are lay persons (the jury)‚ not trained experts. This suggests a need to exclude evidentiary materials that pose a substantial risk of jury misuse. Finally‚ trials are public affairs; the evidence often reveals to the community and media confidential information. 1.4 A party can exert another
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Proceeding When I entered the court room‚ the defendant’s girlfriend was on the witness stand. She was the first individual on record that received a call from the defendant after the murder. She described the defendant’s condition as “distraught”‚ “all over the place” and “frantic” during the phone call. She exclaimed that the first words that came out of the defendant’s mouth were “I just shot him and I’m scared!” She tried to defend the father of her children by claiming he was in a disoriented
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07/20/21012 Discuss the following cases and the impact they have on Expert Witness testimony: * Frye V. United States * Daubert V. Merrell Dow Pharmaceuticals‚ Inc. * Kumho Tires Co. V. Carmichael Faye V. United States James Alphonzo Frye‚ was convicted of the crime of murder in the second degree‚ and from the judgment prosecutes this appeal. In the course of the trial counsel for defendant offered an expert witness to testify to the result of a deception test made upon defendant
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