Research on the Credibility of Witness Testimony in the Context of Cross-examination Rights
To determine the facts of a case through the testimony of a witness needs to go through two stages of evidence access and evaluation,which mainly focuses on the review of the credibility of the witness testimony.In judicial practice,there are some problems in the cross-examination of witness testimony credibility,such as witness failure to appear in court,low cross-examination ability,poor cross-examination operation,non-evaluation after cross-examination and neglect of non-verbal behaviors,which lead to insufficient examination of witness testimony credibility,false cross-examination of trial,and inaccurate identification of case facts.We should analyze the formation mechanism of witness testimony,clarify the kernel of the credibility of wit-ness testimony,and then establish the key points of witness testimony examination,namely the legal credibility,logical credibility and complementary credibility of witness testimony,and set up a"three-step"credibility examination mode to make up for the shortcomings of the existing credibility examination of witness testimony and improve the accuracy of case fact determina-tion.We will promote the reform of the judicial system with"trial as the center".
Triangle Theory of TestimonyWitness TestimonyCredibilityCross-examin-ation in Court