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Criminal Procedure and Criminal EvidenceName:Institutional affiliationWitness PreparationIn a scenario of a bank robbery, theeyewitness who was present at the scene provides a recreation of the crime scene to the jury, and therefore his testimony is important in a bank robbery case where a security guard was shot dead. Information expected from the witness include physical identification of the suspect in the court room, accents, clothing, the type of weapon possessed by the suspect and any other information about the scene relevant to the jury. The witness meets the general acceptance of witness because he was physically present and can recall the major events of the crime, he is able to effectively convert the scene from his head to verbal evidence, he is of sound mind and sincere (Ahmed, 2009 p. 40).Most fault in eyewitness testimony is due to the inability to recall all the details of the event after a certain period of time, prejudice, and biases. The witness must be prepared before appearing before the court. First, the witness is advised to take time to identify the suspect. Second is to inform the witness that the suspect may