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Material Witness

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A quick definition of Material Witness:

A material witness is someone who has important information about a case that can help decide who is right or wrong. This information is very valuable and not many other people know it. Judges try very hard to make sure that material witnesses can come to court and tell what they know. Sometimes, if a material witness cannot come to court, they may be kept in a safe place until they can testify. This is because their testimony is very important and cannot be replaced by anyone else.

A more thorough explanation:

A material witness is someone who has important information about a case that can affect its outcome. This information is usually very valuable and not many other people have it. Judges try to make sure that material witnesses are available to testify in court because their testimony is very important.

For example, in a case where someone is accused of illegally transporting and harboring aliens, some of the aliens being transported might be material witnesses. If they are citizens of another country and cannot be easily subpoenaed to testify in court, they might be detained to make sure they are available to testify.

Another example could be a witness who saw a crime happen and can provide important details that no one else knows. This witness would be considered a material witness because their testimony is crucial to the case.

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top 5 of all time and it aint 4
babycat
19:43
We sharing Goodreads on here?
1a2b3c4d26z
19:43
jurassic park unironically good
1a2b3c4d26z
19:43
crime and punishment top 1
1a2b3c4d26z
19:43
im okay with being called basic for that one
2big2fail
19:44
im gatekeeping my current book
Dkk
19:44
@2big2fail: looks like an Aristotle wannabe.
2big2fail
19:44
whatever. im just reading the financial times
1a2b3c4d26z
19:44
ft goated
concorde
19:45
I hate Dostoevsky
2big2fail
19:45
studying cloud computing, not the cloud of unknowing
babycat
19:45
@1a2b3c4d26z: serotonin is my fave houellebecq
1a2b3c4d26z
19:45
chefs kiss mwah
2big2fail
19:45
i honestly dont understand why people like houellebecq
1a2b3c4d26z
19:45
I'll try to describe how I feel about him
2big2fail
19:46
my favorite french authors are balzac and proust, as basic as that is
1a2b3c4d26z
19:46
basically I read his book and the whole time I read it I liked it so I finished it and I said hm I liked that book written by the author houellebecq
1a2b3c4d26z
19:46
balzac hahaha
2big2fail
19:46
lost illusions is goated
does it take longer to hear back if u applied to scholarships for schools like ucla???
Dkk
19:47
For Houellebecq I have only read https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atomised
JumpySubsequentDolphin
19:47
you guys should read averroes
also do we think ucla wont do a wave tmw cuz they did a tiny one tonight, can schools do 2 days ina. row
JumpySubsequentDolphin
19:47
perhaps read the incoherence of philosophy first and then read averroes’ response: “the incoherence of the incoherence”
2big2fail
19:47
@Dkk: i read that one. just thought it was boring and not really in touch with reality
JumpySubsequentDolphin
19:47
SPLITTY usually they’re Friday!
Dkk
19:48
@2big2fail: I agree.
HUH then what the heck is this wave tonight ab are they tryna give us an attack???
babycat
19:49
@texaslawhopefully: don’t really remember it but my ibooks library says i read it in 2020. that whole year is a haze.
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