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Mike 03
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Wed May-27-09 05:30 PM
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| 9. By the way, I'm aware of that truism about "never asking a question of a witness you do not |
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Edited on Wed May-27-09 05:32 PM by Mike 03
know the answer to."
I can't even count the number of times I have seen that general principle blow up in front of a jury.
I don't know for a fact that every witness is prepared in advance by an attorney. I am sure that any statements they provide to investigators is a product of discovery.
Otherwise, witnesses would not forget what they told the investigators closer in time to the incident. After all, who would willingly want to go before a jury and make a bad error that could have been prevented had they been coached or urged to reread their testimony prior to court appearance?
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