Regarding the claim that the man was offered the

Regarding the claim that the man was offered the provision of an underage
girl, the expert was able to find and reconstruct the Yahoo chat logs on the
computer hard drive. This allowed the expert to present the chat text in which
the offer had been made. The expert was able to find also the city and
telephone number of the person who made that offer. Based on the digital
forensic evidence provided to law enforcement, the sentence of the client was
reduced from 25 years to 14 years as the child pornography was eliminated
from his case.

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Section Number 3.3
Section Title Pre-Trial Motions
Introduction This section explains the duties of digital forensic experts in the pre-trial phase.
Content Digital forensics experts can significantly assist attorneys during the pre-trial
phase. This assistance includes: testifying in the opposition or the support of
motions, discovery or spoliation of compliance motions, and motions to dismiss
civil actions [1][3]. The digital forensic expert can definitively assist with the
technical issues and provide evidence in support of the motion. During the
pre-trial motion, the digital forensic expert can also testify in hearings for the
support of the evidence at a specific issue.
Once an attorney decides to seek the help from the digital forensic expert, the
expert can also help during the preparation for the trial by providing questions
for the attorney to use for the examination of the opposing expert. That can
be possible if the attorney has got the report of the opposing expert and the
findings of the engaged expert.

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Section Number 3.4
Section Title Trial preparation
Introduction This section gives what is needed for the trial phase
Content The preparation for the trial includes different acts from the digital forensic
expert. The first act is related to the questions set that will assist in identifying
the facts that clarify the issues at hand for the jury [1], [4]. The other act is
to anticipate the testimony made by the opposing expert and to prepare for
rebuttal testimony. The expert needs to help the attorney to predict the
opposing expert response to the questions and prepare a reply to each
response.
The digital forensic expert is recommended to be at the table to listen to the
testimony and provides the attorney with new questions according to the
expert’s responses. However, the expert can only be at the table if in the
case the judge, and the jurisdiction allow for that. If the expert cannot be at
the table, he can take notes and pass the notes to the attorney once it is
allowed.

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Section
Number
3.5
Section
Title
Example Trial Questions
Introductio
n
In this section, two example question sets; The first one is for a civil hearing and the
second one is for a criminal trial.