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In the quest for useful, legal witness testimony, recorded statements offer distinct advantages over written statements. Although both written and recorded witness statements provide the attorney a narrative of the events in the witness' own words, only a recording captures the sometimes subtle nuances of what the witness saw and how they saw it. If not successfully preserved, that unique perspective - and the attorney's opportunity to use it - is lost forever.

 

Witness statements help establish liability, but a recorded witness statement is far more than a simple catalogue of events given in the witness' own words. It also serves as a kind of witness of the witness, preserving his or her accent, vocal inflection, and strength and volume of voice. A witness' patterns of speech, such as hesitation, pressured speech, and erratic changes in pitch or volume, may inform an attorney's impressions of the witness, but only if those patterns are available for review in a recorded format.    

 

 

 

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Therefore, the scope and intensity of a witness search is highly variable, ranging from a simple phone call, to an intensive search of public records, or to surveillance. Sometimes all elements of search protocol are exhausted in the effort to locate a "hard to find" witness.  

 

The most obvious first step in finding a witness is to check the telephone directory. Although many people now use non-listed numbers, the telephone directory still contains tens of thousands of names and addresses, making it a reasonable first step in a witness search.  

 

If a witness is not found in the telephone directory, a search of non-proprietary databases, such as www.Google.com, is free, fairly quick, and can be fruitful if the witness is not particularly "hard to find."  

 

Many attorneys have access to proprietary databases, but oftentimes the... Read More 

 

  

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