Cross-Examining the Defendant About Other Witnesses

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Stephen A. Saltzburg

George Washington University School of Law

Date Written: 2012

Abstract

This article examines United States v. Schmitz, 634 F.3d 1247 (11th Cir. 2011) to illustrate how a court addressed the fairness of singling out the testifying defendant for cross-examination about his/her belief that the government's witnesses are lying or not.

Keywords: Rule 608(a)

JEL Classification: K14, K41, K42

Suggested Citation

Saltzburg, Stephen A., Cross-Examining the Defendant About Other Witnesses (2012). 26 Crim. Just. (2012), GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper No. 2012-152, GWU Legal Studies Research Paper No. 2012-152, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2669929 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2669929

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