2.5

• Witness


  Any person who have seen or knowledge regarding the commission of the crime
• Prosecution witness


  Any person brought before trial to offer testimony in favor for the prosecution and is used to add incriminatory evidence to the accused
• Defense witness


  Any person who is brought before trial to strengthen the alibi of the defense and to disprove the charge of the prosecution
• Character witness


  Any person who offers a testimony in line with the character reputation of some other person which will then serve at some point as to whether or not the testimony of that person will be given credit or not
• Eye witness


  Any person who has seen the actual commission of the crime either whole or only part of its commission
• Child witness


  Young individual who offers a testimony concerning a crime
• Dumb witness


  Witnesses who by reason of some mental faculty are unable to provide an accurate detail regarding the crime which is typically common among uneducated individual
• Honest witness


  Witnesses who cooperate and avoid exaggeration or falsehood in providing testimonies concerning the crime
• Fearful witness


  Those persons who are afraid of being involved in the prosecution of the accused or simply shy to face the open court
• Egocentric witness


  Witness who is prone to exaggeration of the things he had observed and may attempt to add facts which are not part of the real scenario
• Hostile witness


  Witnesses who are uncooperative and do not wish to provide information necessary for the prosecution of the case
• Suspicious witness


  Witnesses who are doubtful about the true intention of the investigators or the police as a whole
• State witness


  A person charged with the commission of a crime but who is discharged with his consent so that he/she may be a witness for the State. Usually the least guilty.
• Rules of court witnesses

  • Ordinary witness
  • Expert witness
  • Child witness
• Ordinary witness


  • May be allowed to testily regarding the identity of the person whom he had knowledge, handwriting of the person of which he had familiarity, and mental sanity of the person whom he had acquainted
• Expert witness


  • By reason of their knowledge, skills, training and experience may be allowed by the court to give their opinion