Is a witness entitled to be represented by counsel at trial?
MultiRegion, United States of America
The following excerpt is from Cardenas v. Muniz, Case No. 1:15-cv-01405-DAD-EPG-HC (E.D. Cal. 2016):
595. Additionally, the fact that a witness is represented by counsel "provide[s] some safeguard for the truth of [the witness's] trial testimony." Id. at 596 (citing Cooper v. Dupnik, 963 F.2d 1220, 1240 (9th Cir. 1992) (en banc) ("The presence of a lawyer can . . . help to guarantee that . . . a fully accurate statement [is given] to the police and that the statement is rightly reported by the prosecution at trial.")).
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