prosecution witness
Testifies against defendant
A prosecution witness is someone who testifies on behalf of the government in a criminal trial, providing evidence intended to prove the defendant's guilt.
Prosecution witnesses may include victims, eyewitnesses, police officers, forensic experts, or cooperating defendants: The prosecution witness identified the suspect in open court.
Compare with defense witness.
- judgeOne who decides
- take the standGive sworn court testimony
- sworn testimonyOath-bound legal statement
- standUpright support structure
- testimonySworn statement as evidence
fear · truthfulness · answer · subpoena · grand jury · cross-examination · perjury · coaching · oath · retaliation · burden of proof · immunity · affidavit · corroboration · physical evidence · defense attorney · impartiality · question
- courtroom testimonysworn testimony, trial testimony, sworn statements, firsthand account, firsthand accounts
- prosecutiondistrict attorney, DA, assistant DA, ADA, state attorney
- testimonyoral testimony, court testimony, sworn testimony, sworn statements, legal testimony
- witnessestestifier, deponent, affiant, attestor, corroborator
- secretssecrecy, secret, trade secret, secrets, confidential
- claimantsclaimant, plaintiff, petitioner, complainant, appellant
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