Cross-Examining the Defendant About Other Witnesses
26 Crim. Just. (2012)
4 Pages Posted: 7 Oct 2015
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: 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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