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Why did this US prosecutor keep asking whether documents would refresh a witness's memory?
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Witnesses are generally confined to giving testimony from their own personal memory; most of the time, they can't read a statement into the record or just tell the jury to go look at ...
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Why did this US prosecutor keep asking whether documents would refresh a witness's memory?
Witnesses cannot refer to documents or notes
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That’s because witness testimony is supposed to be what the witness remembers, not what they are prompted to remember.
This is covered by s32 of ...
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Section 9 Criminal Justice Act applicable to family law?
Section 9 CJA statements are for criminal proceedings, and there is no cross-pollination.
For family law, see Rule 22.4, Family Procedure Rules 2010:
22.4.—(1) A witness statement is a written ...
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Why did this US prosecutor keep asking whether documents would refresh a witness's memory?
It's clear the witness needs the document to answer the prosecutor's question, so what's the value in the prosecutor asking the witness the question the first time without the document?
In a court ...
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