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The Rule of Sequestration - Hornsby
by mom_in_il Tue Feb 15, 2011 10:45 pm
The Rule of Sequestration
Feb 15th, 2011 by Richard Hornsby.
Excerpt:
The Rule of Sequestration is a common law rule that could be invoked by parties to a legal proceeding to exclude non-party witnesses from listening in on what other witnesses testified to.
This common law rule has been codified as Florida Statute 90.616 (“Exclusion of witnesses”) and states in relevant part that “At the request of a party the court shall order [...] witnesses excluded from a proceeding so that they cannot hear the testimony of other witnesses.”
If requested by a party, the exclusion of witnesses from a proceeding is mandatory, as the rule uses the word shall.
Reporter’s Privilege?
Yes, Florida does have a Journalist’s privilege that can be invoked. See Florida Statute 90.5015. And I believe that a journalist could probably avoid being forced to testify based upon this privilege; especially as it relates to the Casey Anthony case.
READ MORE: http://blog.richardhornsby.com/2011/02/the-rule-of-sequestration/
Feb 15th, 2011 by Richard Hornsby.
Excerpt:
The Rule of Sequestration is a common law rule that could be invoked by parties to a legal proceeding to exclude non-party witnesses from listening in on what other witnesses testified to.
This common law rule has been codified as Florida Statute 90.616 (“Exclusion of witnesses”) and states in relevant part that “At the request of a party the court shall order [...] witnesses excluded from a proceeding so that they cannot hear the testimony of other witnesses.”
If requested by a party, the exclusion of witnesses from a proceeding is mandatory, as the rule uses the word shall.
Reporter’s Privilege?
Yes, Florida does have a Journalist’s privilege that can be invoked. See Florida Statute 90.5015. And I believe that a journalist could probably avoid being forced to testify based upon this privilege; especially as it relates to the Casey Anthony case.
READ MORE: http://blog.richardhornsby.com/2011/02/the-rule-of-sequestration/
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