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Witness reporting information received from others

Meaning and relationship to your legal situation.

What it means

A witness recounting facts learned from another person rather than directly perceived. The source must be identified. Evidential weight requires individual assessment and is not automatically equivalent to eyewitness evidence.

Legal reference

Spanish Criminal Procedure Act · art. 710

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