PREPARATION FOR HANDWRITING TESTIMONY IN MILITARY COURTS

• NCJ Number: 29380
• Journal: MILITARY POLICE LAW ENFORCEMENT JOURNAL Volume: 1 Issue: 5 Dated: (WINTER QUARTER 1975) Pages: 35-41
• Author(s): C E CURVEY
• Date Published: 1975
• Length: 7 pages
• Corporate Author: US Dept of the Army
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

THIS ARTICLE IDENTIFIES SOME OF THE LEGAL AND PRACTICAL AND PRACTICAL PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH THE PRESENTATION OF HANDWRITING EVIDENCE IN A COURT-MARTIAL.

Abstract

DISCUSSED ARE THE NEED FOR EXPERT, NOT LAY, WITNESSES, THE EXAMINATION OF QUESTIONED HANDWRITING, STANDARDS FOR COURTROOM TESTIMONY BY QUALIFIED DOCUMENT EXAMINERS, AND TRIAL PREPARATION FOR THE DOCUMENT EXAMINER AND THE TRIAL COUNSEL (MILITARY PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS). ALSO CONSIDERED ARE THE DIFFICULTIES ENCOUNTERED WITH EXEMPLAR MATERIAL AND THE NECESSITY AND IMPORTANCE OF A PRE-TRIAL CONFERENCE BETWEEN THE PROSECUTOR AND THE DOCUMENT EXAMINER.