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12 Fla. St. U. L. Rev. 239 (1984-1985)
Witness Intimidation

handle is hein.journals/flsulr12 and id is 249 raw text is: LECTURE WITNESS INTIMIDATION MICHAEL H. GRAHAM* I. Introduction ..................................... 240 II. The Intimidated W itness ......................... 240 A. The Magnitude of Witness Intimidation ....... 240 B. Organized Crime and Other Contexts .......... 242 C. The Forms and Location of Witness Intimidation 244 D. Responding to the Plight of the Intimidated Wit- n ess . . .. .. ... .... .. .. .. .. .. .... ... . . .. .. . .. . 24 5 III. Substantive Admissibility of Prior Statements ...... 249 A. Prior Inconsistent Statements ................. 249 1. Current Federal Rule of Evidence 801(d)(1)(A ) ............................ 249 2. Proposed Amendment to Federal Rule of Evidence 801(d)(1)(A) ................... 251 B. Former Testimony ........................... 256 C. Depositions To Perpetuate Testimony ......... 257 IV. The Preservation Proceeding ...................... 260 A. The Components ............................ 261 1. Noninvestigative Presiding Officer ........ 261 2. Facilitating the Determination of Trustwor- th iness ................................. 263 3. Designated Counsel ..................... 265 4. Procedure at Proceeding ................. 269 B. Determining Admissibility .................... 273 1. Former Testimony ...................... 273 2. Federal Rule of Evidence 804(b)(5) ....... 274 a. Unavailability Requirement .......... 275 b. Specified Criteria ................... 277 V. Conclusion ................... 280 * B.S.E. 1964, University of Pennsylvania; J.D. 1967, Columbia University. Professor of Law, University of Miami. This lecture was delivered at the third annual Mason Ladd Memorial Lecture at the Flor- ida State University College of Law on March 21, 1984. The substance of the lecture will comprise a portion of a book entitled WITNESS INTIMIDATION: THE LAW'S RESPONSE, to be published by Greenword Press in 1985. In accordance with the format of the lecture as originally delivered, the reader is respectfully referred to this forthcoming book for footnote references and sources. Subject headings have been inserted into the text of the lecture for the convenience of the reader.