"Foundation Witness." Necessary?
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@SouthAussie No prob. What would help is getting my head straightened out on this issue.
At trial, if EP takes the stand, can prosecutor simply hand to her the doc. (hardcopy or print-out of elec. version) as an exhibit & ask her Q's about it in cross-exam?
In US, ordinarily a party would need to lay the foundation for an exhibit like this by calling as a witness, the person who took the stmt and created the document from the speaker's oral narrative.
Would VIC. prosecutor need to lay the foundation for the exhibit by calling as a witness, the atty or law firm employee who wrote the stmt of EP's narrative of events?
That would seem to be, hmm, well, hmm, a sticky wicket?
Maybe I'm looking at this from the wrong angle? It's doing my head in and somehow I can't move past it to get to the Hearsay-or-Exception Q.
IDK.