In this episode we discuss United States v. Bench, a CAAF cases that involves the remote testimony of a child witness, but the real issue is whether the Confrontation Clause is offended when trial counsel deceives the child witness by falsely informing them that the accused is not present and will not hear the child's testimony. We then turn to Military Rule of Evidence 608(b), which allows counsel to cross-examine a witness on specific instances of contact that speak to the veracity of the testifying witness.
