expert witness

noun

: a witness in a court of law who is an expert on a particular subject

Examples of expert witness in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web In the case against a Nogales-area rancher accused of killing a Mexican citizen, prosecutors told the judge they were concerned about an expert witness’s credibility. Sarah Lapidus, The Arizona Republic, 15 Mar. 2024 The office of Colorado’s Fourth Judicial District Attorney told CNN that CBI had informed them of 75 potentially affected cases within its jurisdiction, adding Woods was not used as an expert witness in any of those cases. Emma Tucker, CNN, 9 Mar. 2024 On Thursday, jurors watched the video of Baldwin shooting blanks on set as special prosecutor Kari Morrissey questioned Bryan Carpenter, a film armorer testifying as an expert witness for the state of New Mexico. Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 29 Feb. 2024 According to court records, Smith asked for a new trial, claiming the state had violated the confrontation clause in its case against him by allowing an expert witness to testify on forensic evidence prepared by another expert who did not testify in the case. The Arizona Republic, 12 Jan. 2024 The defense alleges that Morrissey relied heavily on the state’s expert witness, Bryan Carpenter, who, according to the motion, stated that the actor was responsible for safe handling of firearms. Gene Maddaus, Variety, 15 Mar. 2024 Washington’s team brought forward an expert witness, Dr. Geoffrey Loftus, an emeritus professor at the University of Washington in Seattle who specialized in human perception. Kory Grow, Rolling Stone, 20 Feb. 2024 He was also called as an expert witness in intellectual property cases. Jacques Kelly, Baltimore Sun, 26 Jan. 2024 The same went for allowing an expert witness to tell jurors that Negroponte’s version of events was unreliable. Dan Morse, Washington Post, 23 Jan. 2024

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Legal Definition

expert witness

see witness

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