Criminal
Oct. 21, 2011
Admission of video evidence: Justin Bieber’s face is worth a thousand words
Does being able to recognize Justin Bieber from a video make you an expert witness? By Richard La Fianza and Frank Loo of the San Bernardino County public defender's office
By Richard La Fianza and Frank Loo
If you are going to a ballgame, you might expect to be on camera. If you go out for groceries, you probably think differently. However, experts contend that up to 50 percent of our time spent in public is captured on videotape.
For almost 30 years, both civil and criminal courts have been very careful about allowing the use of film and video images as evidence. Early courts required that prior to admission, people wh...
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