Can you file a motion to suppress witness statement if you and your victim saying that they heard wrong.

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   William JonesPro

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   Answered January 27, 2013 20:05. NO. Motion to Suppress is filed in an effort to demonstrate that evidence was obtained unlawfully, usually in violation of a costitutional protection. What you describe is a conflict in testimony between/among witnesses. Conflicts are what trials are all about and they are resolved by the jury.

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   Robert C. KellerPro

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   Answered January 27, 2013 20:16. A motion to suppress would not be appropriate. It is a trial issue for the jury to determine what he true statement was. You need the vest criminal attorney possible to be able to effectively examine and cross examine witnesses to show that reasonable doubt exists. Good luck to you.

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   Charles KenyonPro

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   Answered January 27, 2013 20:35. You can file any motion you want, but I know of no attorney who would file a motion to suppress on this. A motion to suppress is used when the evidence is illegal; not when it is mistaken, wrong, or a lie. That is what trials are about.
   
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   Ross GoodmanPro

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   Answered January 27, 2013 20:39. You lawyer would elicit all the facts on cross examination which tend to suggest why she may have heard it the wrong way and agrgue to the jury that she could have been wrong in what she heard.

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