Vouching : a defense attorney's guide to witness credibility, law, and strategy / Donna Lee Elm
- Author
- Elm, Donna Lee
- Additional Titles
- Defense attorney's guide to witness credibility, law, and strategy
- Published
- Chicago, Ill. : ABA Criminal Justice Section, [2008]
- Copyright Date
- ©2008
- Physical Description
- xi, 241 pages ; 23 cm
- Additional Creators
- American Bar Association. Section of Criminal Justice
- Contents
- Overview -- Ethics proscriptions -- Personal opinions of the speaker (first party opinions) -- Permissible personal opinions -- Personal opinions of others (third person vouching) -- Placing the prestige of the government behind witnesses (the prosecution) -- Placing the prestige of the government behind witnesses (police department) -- Facts not in evidence -- Negative vouching -- Non-verbal vouching -- Vouching by implication -- Arguing risks of testifying -- Melodramatic implications of acquittal -- Invited response -- Remedies.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 159031929X
9781590319291 - Note
- Includes index.
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