Questioning Checklist

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Honest But Mistaken Witness / Conclusory Claim Witness

Explore Foundation for Conclusion

• Was it assumed
• Was it learned second hand

Overly-Certain Witness

When Did Fact Become Important

• Explore personal importance of observation at the time
• Explore whether the events were recorded
• Explore time when they were notified of importance of this memory
• Explore efforts to remember in response to the notification.

Evasive/Deceptive Witness

Denial of Expected Answer

Non-answer

• Comment that the answer is not responsive
• Did he understand the question
• Was the answer responsive to the