PLEASE WATCH #HABERPA'S VIDEOFAQ # 415) What happens when a Witness Lies about me? - https://youtu.be/-BwyZuwcpWY
This Blog Post is intended to serve three purposes: First and foremost it's a PSA (i.e. a "Public Service Announcement" that's designed to provide the folks with important information), it's part of the rollout of the latest batch of #HaberPA's VideoFAQs highlighting # 415) What happens when a Witness Lies about me? - https://youtu.be/-BwyZuwcpWY and it's a shameless plug for #MichaelHaberLaw (#HaberPA's YouTube channel). Disclosures complete let's get to it:
- The PSA: #HaberPA's VideoFAQ # 415 explains your options when you feel that a witness has lied and you're paying the price.
Thanks for asking me “What happens when a Witness Lies about me?”
I get this question a lot, it comes in a lot of forms and I have a several thoughts.
Without diving too deeply into the 19th century philosophical framework of “Perceptionism” or “Perceptionalism” (which postulates that individual minds can see the same “truth” differently), it’s been observed that “one man’s truth is another man’s lie”. Of course it’s equally true that “a lie is a lie is a lie”, so maybe in fact you did smack your domestic partner, or perhaps you didn’t but she or he legit thought you did, or possibly your partner had a motive to lie (for example to get you thrown out of the residence or to get a leg up in a divorce or child custody case).
Keeping with the DV illustration, if the Cops are called then the first test of truth vs. fiction is made by Responding Officers who are supposed to (“supposed to”) conduct “an investigation” (meaning that they’re supposed to make visual observations of the scene, the demeanor, speak - or at least attempt to speak - with the parties) and then come to a rational conclusion.
It’s a safe bet that the Cops will identify an “aggressor” and whomever they choose will get arrested and booked (as a relevant aside: Police almost never clear a DV dispatch leaving both parties at the scene so in DV cases it’s all but guaranteed that someone’s going for the ride).
If you’re arrested then you won’t get a chance to plead your case until after you’re charged (which will take weeks and possibly months) but the victim - the “complaining witness” - will be interviewed by a Prosecutor who’s supposed to assess her or his credibility in light of any evidence that the Cops gathered and provided.
If the case moves forward (meaning if the State believes it’s lying complainant and charges you) then vis-a-vis your lawyer you get to challenge those lies. Before a Trial, you can offer proof as to motive to the State, you may be able to take a discovery deposition and during Trial you get to try to expose lies via cross-examination... but in the end it’ll be up others to “perceptualize” what’s truth and what’s fiction.
That said I thank you for your question and I appreciate your having asked it. Please remember that at #HaberPA it’s all about reasonable doubt and if you like this video then please subscribe to our YouTube channel / VideoFAQ as we’ll be putting out more soon!
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