What is the test for witness testimony at trial?
"New York", United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Pacquette, 14 N.Y.S.3d 775, 2015 N.Y. Slip Op. 05595, 25 N.Y.3d 575, 35 N.E.3d 845 (N.Y. 2015):
CPL 710.30 could not be clearer (People v. Boyer, 6 N.Y.3d 427, 431, 813 N.Y.S.2d 31, 846 N.E.2d 461 [2006] ). When the People intend to offer at trial testimony regarding an observation of the defendant either at the time or place of the commission of the offense or upon some
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