THEIR STATEMENTS MAY CONTAIN AREAS OF COMPLETE AGREEMENT Some aspects of each eyewitness statement may be completely identical. This is particularly true when witnesses describe aspects of the crime that were dramatic or important to the sequence of events. It’s also true when later witnesses are aware of what others have offered and simply affirm the prior description by telling me, “The rest occurred just the way he said.” LATER STATEMENTS MAY FILL IN THE GAPS Finally, as described earlier, I expect late witnesses who are aware of prior statements to simply fill in what has not been said
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