Cross-Examining the Defendant about Other Witnesses

Authors

Stephen A. Saltzburg, George Washington University Law SchoolFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2012

Status

Accepted

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.

GW Paper Series

GWU Legal Studies Research Paper 2012-152; GWU Law School Public Law Research Paper 2012-152

SSRN Link

http://ssrn.com/abstract=2669929

Recommended 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: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2669929