Vouching
Subtitle: a defense attorney's guide to witness credibility, law, and strategy
By: Donna Lee Elm.
Contributors: American Bar Association. Section of Criminal Justice.
Publisher: ABA Criminal Justice Section
Published: 2008
Place of publication: Chicago, Ill
Language: eng
Number of pages: 241
ISBN-13: 9781590319291
Subjects: Witnesses -- United States; Trial practice -- United States; Trial practice -- Moral and ethical aspects -- United States
Other titles: Defense attorney's guide to witness credibility, law, and strategy
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Overview; title: Ethics proscriptions; title: Personal opinions of the speaker (first party opinions); title: Permissible personal opinions; title: Personal opinions of others (third person vouching); title: Placing the prestige of the government behind witnesses (the prosecution); title: Placing the prestige of the government behind witnesses (police department); title: Facts not in evidence; title: Negative vouching; title: Non-verbal vouching; title: Vouching by implication; title: Arguing risks of testifying; title: Melodramatic implications of acquittal; title: Invited response; title: Remedies.