NCJ Number
25915
Date Published
1974
Length
0 pages
Annotation
POLICE LEGAL TRAINING FILM REVIEWS THE RULES OF EVIDENCE AND EVIDENCE PRESENTATION WHICH WERE GIVEN IN PARTS ONE AND TWO OF THIS THREE PART SERIES.
Abstract
EMPHASIZED IS HOW THE EVIDENCE A POLICE OFFICER GATHERS AND PUTS IN HIS REPORT IS REFLECTED IN COURT. PRACTICAL TIPS ARE GIVEN AS TO WHAT A POLICE REPORT SHOULD CONTAIN; TYPES OF EVIDENCE, REQUIREMENTS OF RELEVANCY, AUTHENTICATION, AND CHARACTER EVIDENCE ARE ALL DISCUSSED AS RELATING TO WHAT THE OFFICER MUST DO IN THE FIELD. HIGHLIGHTED ARE THE RELATED PROBLEMS OF WITNESSES WHO STATE ONE THING FOR THE REPORT AND ANOTHER THING IN COURTROOM TESTIMONY, WITNESSES WHO PERJURE THEMSELVES, AND THE IMPEACHMENT OF WITNESSES IN GENERAL. ALSO REVIEWED ARE THE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN DYING DECLARATIONS AND SPONTANEOUS STATEMENTS AND BETWEEN PRIOR STATEMENTS AND PRIOR IDENTIFICATIONS. A COMBINATION SYLLABUS/STUDY GUIDE ACCOMPANIES THE FILM. (FOR PARTS ONE AND TWO OF THIS FILM, 'EVIDENCE, TESTIMONY, AND CROSS EXAMINATION' AND 'THE HEARSAY TRAP AND EXPERT TESTIMONY', SEE NCJ-25913 AND 25914).