PT  - JOURNAL ARTICLE
AU  - Slovenko, R
TI  - Sequestration of lay witnesses and experts
DP  - 2004 Dec 01
TA  - Journal of the American Academy of Psychiatry and the Law Online
PG  - 447--450
VI  - 32
IP  - 4
4099  - http://jaapl.org/content/32/4/447.short
4100  - http://jaapl.org/content/32/4/447.full
SO  - J Am Acad Psychiatry Law2004 Dec 01; 32
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.