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The American Journal of Psychiatry, VOL. 122, No. 6

Articles | December 01, 1965

TELEVISION EVIDENCE IN COURT

JAMES H. RYAN; VITO J. CASSAN

Am J Psychiatry 1965;122:655-658.

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Instructor in Psychiatry, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, 722 W. 168th Street, New York, N. Y.

Law firm of Whitbeck and Holloran, Rochester, N. Y.

1966 by The American Psychiatric Association

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A video tape recording of a diagnostic interview was presented for the first time in a court of law during a mental incompetency proceeding. The evidence was accepted by the court, thus establishing legal precedent. Possible objections to the use of this technique are discussed, along with how each could be overcome.

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