NCJ Number
17751
Date Published
1974
Length
0 pages
Annotation
PORTRAYS PROSECUTORIAL TECHNIQUES FOR ESTABLISHING THE USE OF FORCE, DEFENSE ATTEMPTS TO ESTABLISH CONSENT, AND REDIRECT TECHNIQUES FOR REESTABLISHING USE OF FORCE AND REASONABLE RESISTANCE UNDER THE CIRCUMSTANCES.
Abstract
THE FILM DRAMATIZES A PORTION OF THE EVENTS THAT PRECIPITATE A RAPE CHARGE AGAINST A CASUAL ACQUAINTANCE OF A RESIDENT OF A SINGLES APARTMENT. THE MAJOR PORTION OF THE FILM CONSISTS OF THE COURTROOM QUESTIONING AND CROSS-EXAMINATION OF THE WOMAN AS THE PROSECUTOR ATTEMPTS TO ESTABLISH THE USE OF FORCE AND THE DEFENSE ATTORNEY SEEKS TO INDICATE CONSENT. THE DETAILED VERBAL DESCRIPTIONS PRESSED ON THE WOMAN BY BOTH PROSECUTOR AND DEFENSE ATTORNEY AS NECESSITATED BY LEGAL DEFINITIONS OF RAPE ARE FRANKLY PRESENTED. THE NARRATOR INTERJECTS INTERPRETIVE COMMENTS TO DEFINE THE CONTENT OF THE RAPE LAWS UNDERLYING WHAT IS HAPPENING IN THE TRIAL. THE FILM CONCLUDES WITH A REDIRECT BY THE PROSECUTION THAT IS CONSIDERED TO PRECLUDE A DIRECTED VERDICT OF NOT GUILTY, AND THE FILM CLOSES WITH THE VERDICT LEFT TO THE JUDGEMENT OF THE JURY.