RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Sequestration of lay witnesses and experts
JF Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
JO J Am Acad Psychiatry Law
FD American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law
SP 447
OP 450
VO 32
IS 4
A1 R Slovenko
YR 2004
UL http://jaapl.org/content/32/4/447.abstract
AB The rule on sequestration (exclusion) of witnesses is designed to avoid fabrication and collusion and has traditional roots in the Old Testament. Special rules apply regarding expert witnesses and "support persons." The contours of such special rules are explored within the Federal Rules of Evidence, state rules of evidence, state appellate and supreme court decisions, and U.S. Supreme Court decisions.