RD murder witness states from headquarters consulate in N. York
NEW York.-In an unprecedented and in compliance with the provisions of the Criminal Procedure Code of the Dominican Republic, the consulate of that country that facilitated its headquarters, a video trav?sde a witness to a murder narrate what He saw in a trial held in Santo Domingo.
The Consul Eduardo Selman instructed the relevant personnel to act in coordination with the judicial authorities and condition necessary equipment in his office to witness the murder happened four years ago could answer questions from lawyers and prosecutors of the National District .
The Dominican, whose name is kept in reserve for obvious reasons, offered his version as witness in the case in which a man was gunned down after a dispute over discomfort caused by "musical noise".
The hearing was held in a court of Santo Domingo, being transmitted simultaneously via Skype chat to the office of consul Selman, who stood next to the respondent while she was questioned.
After procedural incidents where the defense objected to the virtual procedure, the judges of the appellate court approved the measure and could continue the process.
With the identification of the consul Selman and prior to this have certified the identity of the witness, it was took the oath of office and proceeded to hear his testimony. Later the witness was questioned by the defense and contrainterrogada the accused and the prosecution.
To carry out the intercom videoconferencing in a landmark court event was attended staff of the Ministry of Foreign exterior (MIREX), the Attorney General's Office and members of the court where the trial is vented.
Selman was assisted in logistics in this kind of "modern letters rogatory" by his lawyers assistants Katia Lucia Fernandez and cost; Dr. Tamayo Tejada, vice consul in charge of the Legal Department, and Juan Mora, director of the Technical Department.
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