Legal Dictionary of Pakistan

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state's evidence

Testimony provided by one criminal defendant - under a promise of immunity or reduced sentence - against another criminal defendant. See TURN STATE'S EVIDENCE.

turn state's evidence

vb. To cooperate with prosecutors and testify against other criminal defendants <after hours of intense negotiations, the suspect accepted a plea bargain and agreed to turn state's evidence>.