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Testigo aleccionado

English translation: coached witness

22:49 Sep 14, 2017
Spanish to English translations [PRO]
Law/Patents - Law (general) / Derecho familiar
Spanish term or phrase: Testigo aleccionado
Se habla de un niño menor de edad con el riesgo de que su opinión no pese por estar alienado o aleccionado por la madre.

Gracias
Luis Rey Ballesteros (Luiroi)
Local time: 08:42
English translation:coached witness
Explanation:
In the US, professional rules typically permit coaching because it 'invites' the witness to provide truthful evidence favourable to the lawyer's client. ... The conventional line is that lawyers may "familiarise" their witness with the process of giving evidence, but not coach them on the content of it.May 8, 2012
Why lawyers can't coach witnesses | Richard Moorhead | Law | The ...
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2012/may/08/cameron-tutored-...
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patinba
Argentina
Local time: 11:42
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4 +6coached witness
patinba
3 +2coached witness / groomed witness
Robert Carter


  

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5 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +6
coached witness


Explanation:
In the US, professional rules typically permit coaching because it 'invites' the witness to provide truthful evidence favourable to the lawyer's client. ... The conventional line is that lawyers may "familiarise" their witness with the process of giving evidence, but not coach them on the content of it.May 8, 2012
Why lawyers can't coach witnesses | Richard Moorhead | Law | The ...
https://www.theguardian.com/law/2012/may/08/cameron-tutored-...

patinba
Argentina
Local time: 11:42
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 1373
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agree  Charles Davis
1 min
  -> Thank you, Charles!
agree  Robert Carter: You were first, Pat, but I'll leave my answer for the references anyway. I wasn't sure at first if there was another term I had overlooked.
17 mins
  -> Thanks Robert - your refs are good.
agree  Cristina Zavala
20 mins
  -> Gracias!
agree  David Hollywood: just on the timing
1 hr
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agree  JohnMcDove
1 hr
  -> Thank you!
agree  AllegroTrans
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18 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 3/5Answerer confidence 3/5 peer agreement (net): +2
coached witness / groomed witness


Explanation:
I think this is the idea.
"Aleccionar" means to instruct, train, coach, drill, tutor, prepare, etc., so I think the words "coached" or "groomed" are what is meant in this case.

Not exactly. Title 18, Section 1512 of the U.S. Code makes it a crime to tamper with a witness, a victim, or an informant. As a result, a lawyer doesn't need a judge to tell her that she can't kill, threaten, intimidate, or "corruptly influence" a witness so as to prevent or alter his testimony. (The law against obstruction of justice can also apply to cases of witness tampering.) But judges do have to be explicit in their proscription of less flagrant practices, like excessive witness "coaching."

http://www.slate.com/articles/news_and_politics/explainer/20...

Witness Coaching in Criminal Cases
Since ‘witness coaching’ is not an offence in its own right, we must look to the individual participants to ascertain the consequences of engaging in this activity. While all parties involved leave themselves open to accusations of ‘perverting the course of justice’, in broad terms the coached witness risks prosecution under the perjury statutes while the coach, be it solicitor or barrister, risks being in breach of his/her professional code of conduct.
http://www.barristermagazine.com/barrister/archivedsite/arti...

There are inherent difficulties for an opponent to uncover the nature of any conversation during a recess. As a result, when recess conversations occur a party runs the risk that the Board may find that there was witness coaching and may exclude or give little, or no, weight to the testimony of a coached witness.
https://www.lexology.com/library/detail.aspx?g=9f03c880-482b...

“The statements of Matobato are all lies, fabrications and have no credibility simply because there is no corroborating evidence. This is what we call lying and coached witness,” Aguirre explained in a phone interview.
http://www.philstar.com/headlines/2016/09/16/1624297/doj-chi...

I couldn't find many instances of "groomed witness" that didn't relate to the person's physical appearance, but it would seem like a fitting description too.

groom
Prepare or train (someone) for a particular purpose or activity.
‘star pupils who are groomed for higher things’
https://en.oxforddictionaries.com/definition/groom


Robert Carter
Mexico
Local time: 08:42
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 1368

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  JohnMcDove
1 hr
  -> Gracias, John.
agree  AllegroTrans
22 hrs
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