WHEN THE WITNESS STATEMENT OF THE DEFENDANT CONTAINS PASSAGES THAT ARE CUT AND PASTED FROM AN EXPERT’S REPORT: SOMEONE MAY NOTICE THIS…

It is clear that many judge's approach witness statements with a degree of scepticism, regarding them more as a lawyer's construct than the actual recollection of the witness.  In this case the defendant's own witness statement included passages that were simply cut and paste from an expert's report...