The Criminal Justice System: A Guide for Law Enforcement ... - NHTSA
The Criminal Justice System: A Guide for Law Enforcement ... - NHTSA
The Criminal Justice System: A Guide for Law Enforcement ... - NHTSA
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Acknowledgments<br />
While common in occurrence, the evidence needed to prove guilt in impaireddriving<br />
cases is complex, often requiring expert testimony to assist the trier-of-fact in<br />
determining what happened. As in any profession, those who work in it sometimes take<br />
<strong>for</strong> granted the complex nature of our legal system and presume others understand it as<br />
we do, which oftentimes is not the case. To fill that void, this publication provides an<br />
overview of the criminal justice system <strong>for</strong> people who will likely encounter it through<br />
their roles as expert witnesses.<br />
This guide is the result of a collaborative ef<strong>for</strong>t on the part of the following:<br />
Debra Whitcomb, Director of Grant Programs and Development, National District<br />
Attorneys Association; Marcia Cunningham, Director, National District Attorneys<br />
Association’s National Traffic <strong>Law</strong> Center; Joanne Michaels, Senior Attorney, National<br />
District Attorneys Association’s National Traffic <strong>Law</strong> Center; L. R. “Bob” Jacob, of the<br />
Institute of Police Technology and Management (IPTM), Jacksonville, Florida; and<br />
George Dentes, <strong>for</strong>mer four-term District Attorney <strong>for</strong> Tompkins County, New York<br />
(1989-2005). Sadly, Mr. Dentes died unexpectedly on October 31, 2006, just steps away<br />
from his office at the New York Prosecutors Training Institute.<br />
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