A witness testifies based on his or her personal knowledge, subjecting his or her testimony to cross-examination. Give some examples as to how this testimony may be attacked on cross-examination by calling into question the witness’s ability to observe the events.
What will be an ideal response?
Student responses may include: a physical disability that prevented the witness form having a clear view of the event, the configuration of the crime scene itself, the absence of sufficient light, distraction, and the witness’s physical distance from events that impeded his or her ability to accurately view events.
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