NCJ Number
25914
Date Published
1974
Length
0 pages
Annotation
POLICE LEGAL TRAINING FILM WHICH CONSIDERS THE ADMISSIBILITY OF EXPERT TESTIMONY AND OPINION AND MAJOR EXCEPTIONS TO THE ADMISSIBILITY OF HEARSAY STATEMENTS.
Abstract
THE USE OF TESTIMONY FROM MEDICAL AND VOICEPRINT IDENTIFICATION EXPERTS IN THIS RAPE, ATTEMPTED MURDER, AND KIDNAPPING TRIAL IS FEATURED. THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE ADMISSIBILITY OF EXPERT AND NON-EXPERT TESTIMONY IS ALSO EXPLAINED. THE EXCEPTIONS TO THE HEARSAY RULE EXAMINED AND DEFINED INCLUDE PRESENT RECOLLECTION REFRESHED, DYING DECLARATIONS, BUSINESS RECORDS, SPONTANEOUS STATEMENTS, AND PRIOR STATEMENTS OF WITNESSES. THE DISCUSSION OF PRIOR STATEMENTS OF WITNESSES DIFFERENTIATES BETWEEN PRIOR INCONSISTENT STATEMENTS, PRIOR CONSISTENT STATEMENTS, PRIOR IDENTIFICATIONS, AND PAST RECOLLECTION RECORDED. A COMBINATION SYLLABUS/STUDY GUIDE ACCOMPANIES THIS FILM. (FOR PARTS ONE AND THREE OF THIS FILM, 'EVIDENCE, TESTIMONY, AND CROSS-EXAMINATION' AND 'COURTROOM TIGHTROPE', SEE NCJ-25913 AND 25915).