What are the different types of witnesses and what types of testimony may each type provide in court?

What will be an ideal response?


• The fact witness has personal knowledge of events pertaining to a case and can testify only to things he personally has observed (and not give more general opinions). The expert witness is permitted to offer opinions that may assist the judge or jury in understanding specialized technical knowledge that, otherwise, would be beyond the expertise of those sitting on the jury (e.g., typically, the role of credentialed specialists in forensic-related fields, such as a medical examiner, crime lab expert, firearms specialist, or forensic psychologist). Police officer testimony sometimes straddles the domains of fact and expert witnesses.

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Fill in the blank(s) with the appropriate word(s).

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