In what circumstances will a witness be called by the prosecution?
Saskatchewan, Canada
The following excerpt is from R. v. Mitchell, 1986 CanLII 3155 (SK QB):
Similarly, Lord Roche in Senevirante v. The King, 1936 CanLII 396 (UK JCPC), [1936] 3 All E.R. 36 (P.C.), said at p. 49: “Witnesses essential to the unfolding of the narratives on which the prosecution is based, must, of course, be called by the prosecution whether in the result the effect of their testimony is for or against the case for the prosecution.”
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