When is a witness not required to provide evidence in a criminal case?
"New York", United States of America
The following excerpt is from People v. Gross, 26 N.Y.3d 689, 27 N.Y.S.3d 459, 47 N.E.3d 738 (N.Y. 2016):
when it is offered not for its truth, but for some other relevant purpose, for example to assist in " explaining the investigative process and completing the narrative of events leading to the defendant's arrest" (People v. Ludwig, 24 N.Y.3d 221, 231, 997 N.Y.S.2d 351, 21 N.E.3d 1012 [2014] ).
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