Sentence examples for testify because of from inspiring English sources

It is more difficult to testify because of the potential that the defendant will say something that contradicts a previous statement, opening up the defendant to cross-examination.

A defense psychologist testified on Monday that the athlete was unfit to testify because of a "severe" mental condition that included symptoms of post-traumatic stress disorder.

In 1983, three psychiatrists warned Ms. Katz-Bierenbaum that her husband was homicidal, but a judge ruled last month that they cannot testify because of patient confidentiality.

Mark Geragos, Anderson's lawyer, argued that Anderson should not have to testify because of the numerous leaks about grand jury testimony in the original Balco case.

On Friday, John Whittingdale, chairman of a parliamentary investigative panel, said it was likely that James Murdoch, the heir-apparent to his father's businesses, would be recalled to testify because of allegations that he had previously misled Parliament.

William Joseph Linklater, Mr. Davidge's lawyer, said that although he had not read the motion, "if the suggestion is that Mr. Davidge should not testify because of some violation of disciplinary rule, it is without foundation".

"We used a chair, or something like that, to simulate the open door," Mr. Smith testified, "because only one of the doors on the truck would open".

As for the case's other defendant, Mr. Kozlowski, "he would have been killed" if he had testified because of the prosecution's portrayal of his lavish lifestyle.

(The lone eyewitness in the case of Rubin Canto says that he falsely testified because of pressure by police).

Avi Schick, chairman of the Lower Manhattan Development Corporation, declined to say whether he would testify because he was not aware of having received formal notification.

A toy mogul (Will Keenan, below right, with Mariska Hargitay and Christopher Meloni as Detectives Olivia Benson and Elliot Stabler) with a bad case of Peter Pan syndrome is charged with pedophilia, but an abused boy's parents won't testify, because they're too fond of the seven-figure settlement they accepted for their silence.