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2. Outcry witness - Wikipedia

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   Texas allows testimony from the first person the victim reported the crime to, and the outcry witness must be over the age of 18. [3] California has more general hearsay exceptions, including PC 273(d), which specifically address child abuse, along with a long list of items, such as confessions, mental health, and deathbed statements. [4]

3. Jencks Act - Wikipedia

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   Tape recordings of an interview between a government agent and a government witness is producible under the Jencks Act after the witness has testified, if the recording relates to the witness' testimony. [42] Composite drawings made from photographs are not producible. Photographs, if they relate to a witness' statement must be produced.

4. Prior consistent statements and prior inconsistent statements

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   Note that under California Evidence Code ("CEC") §§769, 770, and 1235, prior inconsistent statements may be used for both impeachment and as substantive evidence, even if they were not originally made under oath at a formal proceeding, as long as "the witness was so examined while testifying as to give him an opportunity to explain or to deny ...

5. Proffer agreement - Wikipedia

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   In U.S. criminal law, a proffer agreement, proffer letter, proffer, or "Queen for a Day" letter is a written agreement between a prosecutor and a defendant or prospective witness that allows the defendant or witness to give the prosecutor information about an alleged crime, while limiting the prosecutor's ability to use that information against him or her.

6. Daubert standard - Wikipedia

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   Although the Daubert standard is now the law in federal court and over half of the states, the Frye standard remains the law in some jurisdictions including California, Illinois, Pennsylvania, and Washington. [7] Florida passed a bill to adopt the Daubert standard as the law governing expert witness testimony, which took effect on July 1, 2013. [8]

7. Criminal procedure in California - Wikipedia

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   The prosecution calls all the witnesses one by one. Witnesses are not allowed to sit in the courtroom, and must wait outside until they are called to testify on the stand. Each time the district attorney calls a witness for direct examination, the defense attorney is allowed to ask questions as well of the same witness as part of cross-examination.

8. Sworn declaration - Wikipedia

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   Another incentive for attorneys to make sure that the text of a declaration precisely matches the declarant's recollection is that the witness may be subject to impeachment at trial if discrepancies between the declaration and any later testimony turn out to be significant. Another more practical drawback is the conservative nature of the law.

9. Subpoena duces tecum - Wikipedia

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   A subpoena duces tecum (pronounced in English / s ə ˈ p iː n ə ˌ dj uː s iː z ˈ t iː k ə m / sə-PEE-nə DEW-seez TEE-kəm), or subpoena for production of evidence, is a court summons ordering the recipient to appear before the court and produce documents or other tangible evidence for use at a hearing or trial.