This is a two-part question.
You are retained to provide expert evidence by the lawyer acting for an accused in a criminal trial involving accessing and possession of child pornography. He gives you a number of records for you to review. You come across evidence in those records that suggest the accused perhaps committed other, more serious criminal offences.
(a) What do you do? What are your ethical obligations in these circumstances?
(b) When the trial proceeds, what will the lawyer have to show have your expert testimony admitted? What sorts of things can you testify to? What can you not testify to?
You are retained to provide expert evidence by the lawyer acting for an accused in a criminal trial involving accessing and possession of child pornography. He gives you a number of records for you to review. You come across evidence in those records that suggest the accused perhaps committed other, more serious criminal offences.
(a) What do you do? What are your ethical obligations in these circumstances?
(b) When the trial proceeds, what will the lawyer have to show have your expert testimony admitted? What sorts of things can you testify to? What can you not testify to?
