544. Cross-examination as to credit.
Criminal Procedure (Volume 27 (2021), paras 1–442; Volume 28 (2021), paras 443–938) | Commentary
Cross-examination as to credit involves an attempt to undermine a witness's testimony by means of an attack on the witness's personal credibility as opposed to the specific content of his testimony1. The distinction is potentially important, because as a general rule any answers given by the witness to questions going to credibility
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Cross-examination as to credit involves an attempt to undermine a witness's testimony by means of an attack on the witness's personal credibility as opposed to the specific content of his testimony1. The distinction is potentially important, because as a general rule any answers given by the witness to questions going to credibility
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