INTRODUCING VIDEOTAPE TO THE COURTS

• NCJ Number: 11644
• Journal: Judicature Volume: 56 Issue: 9 Dated: (APRIL 1973) Pages: 363-367
• Author(s): T ASPERK
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 5 pages
• Corporate Author: American Judicature Soc
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

PRINCIPLES, PROCEDURES, MODERATE COSTS, AND CURRENT RESTRICTIONS OF VIDEOTAPE USE IN DEPOSITION AND COURTROOM SITUATIONS.

Abstract

THE ARTICLE SUGGESTS THAT POTENTIAL ADVANTAGES OF VIDEOTAPE RECORDING OF DEPOSITIONS, COURTROOM PROCEEDINGS, WITNESS TESTIMONY, AND CERTAIN OUT-OF-COURT EXPERIMENTS IS THE EXPEDITING AND SIMPLICATION OF THE JUDICIAL PROCESS AS WELL AS PROVISION OF AN ACCURATE TRIAL RECORD AT MODERATE COST FOR APPELLATE REVIEW. THE AUTHOR REPORTS A SUCCESSFUL ALASKA EXPERIMENT ON THE USE OF SOUND RECORDINGS AS STANDARD TRIAL PROCEDURE AND PRESENTS NUMEROUS CASES THAT SUGGEST THAT VIDEOTAPE HAS BEEN MAKING SIGNIFICANT INROADS, PARTICULARLY IN CIVIL PROCEEDINGS. SHE CONCLUDES THAT VIDEOTAPE IS A VIABLE MEANS OF ALLEVIATING COURT CONGESTION AND SPEEDING THE FLOW OF CASES THROUGH TRIAL.