Is there any case law where a witness testified that they were not a police witness?
"New York", United States of America
The following excerpt is from Ferlito v. Judges of County Court, Suffolk County, 292 N.E.2d 779, 31 N.Y.2d 416, 340 N.Y.S.2d 635 (N.Y. 1972):
Prior to this, a police witness had testified and thus, of course, jeopardy had attached (Matter of Bland v. Supreme Ct., 20 N.Y.2d 552, 285 N.Y.S.2d 597, 232 N.E.2d 633).
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