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Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin, Vol. 5, No. 1, 40-43 (1979)
DOI: 10.1177/014616727900500108
© 1979 Society for Personality and Social Psychology, Inc.

Effects of Withheld Evidence on Juridic Decisions II

Locus of Withholding Strategy

David R. Shaffer

University of Georgia

Cyril Sadowski

Austin Peat University

This experiment tested the hypothesis that criminal defendants who withhold evidence on the advice of their counsel will be judged less harshly than defendants whose decision to withhold evidence is a personal one. Although the data were consistent with the hypothesis, attribution of evidence withholding to defense counsel did not completely overcome the biasing effects of an evidence withholding strategy.


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