These are from a book called Disorder in the Courts of America,
and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken
down
and now published by court reporters who had the torment of
staying calm
while these exchanges were actually taking
place.
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ATTORNEY:
Are you sexually active?
WITNESS: No, I just lie
there.
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ATTORNEY:
What is your date of birth?
WITNESS: July 18th.
ATTORNEY: What
year?
WITNESS: Every
year.
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ATTORNEY:
What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?
WITNESS: Gucci sweats and
Reeboks.
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ATTORNEY:
This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all?
WITNESS:
Yes.
ATTORNEY: And in what ways does it affect your memory?
WITNESS: I
forget.
ATTORNEY: You forget? Can you give us an example of something you
forgot?
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ATTORNEY:
How old is your son, the one living with you?
WITNESS: Thirty-eight or
thirty-five, I can't remember which.
ATTORNEY: How long has he lived with
you?
WITNESS: Forty-five
years.
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ATTORNEY:
What was the first thing your husband said to you that morning?
WITNESS: He
said, "Where am I, Cathy?"
ATTORNEY: And why did that upset you?
WITNESS:
My name is
Susan.
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ATTORNEY:
Do you know if your daughter has ever been involved in voodoo?
WITNESS: We
both do.
ATTORNEY: Voodoo?
WITNESS: We do.
ATTORNEY: You
do?
WITNESS: Yes,
voodoo.
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ATTORNEY:
Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep,
he doesn't
know about it until the next morning?
WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar
exam?
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ATTORNEY:
The youngest son, the twenty-year-old, how old is he?
WITNESS: Uh, he's
twenty-one..
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ATTORNEY:
Were you present when your picture was taken?
WITNESS: Would you repeat the
question?
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ATTORNEY:
So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?
WITNESS:
Yes.
ATTORNEY: And what were you doing at that time?
WITNESS:
Uh....
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ATTORNEY: She had three
children, right?
WITNESS: Yes.
ATTORNEY: How many were boys?
WITNESS:
None.
ATTORNEY: Were there any
girls?
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ATTORNEY: How was
your first marriage terminated?
WITNESS: By death.
ATTORNEY: And by whose
death was it
terminated?
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ATTORNEY: Can
you describe the individual?
WITNESS: He was about medium height and had a
beard.
ATTORNEY: Was this a male or a
female?
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ATTORNEY:
Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a
deposition notice which I
sent to your attorney?
WITNESS: No, this is how I dress when I go to
work.
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ATTORNEY: Doctor,
how many of your autopsies have you
performed on dead people?
WITNESS:
All my autopsies are performed on dead
people.
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ATTORNEY: ALL
your responses MUST be oral, OK? What
school did you go to?
WITNESS:
Oral.
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ATTORNEY: Do
you recall the time that you examined the body?
WITNESS: The autopsy started
around 8:30 p.m.
ATTORNEY: And Mr. Denton was dead at the time?
WITNESS:
No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing
an autopsy on
him!
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ATTORNEY: Are you
qualified to give a urine sample?
WITNESS:
Huh?
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ATTORNEY: Doctor,
before you performed the autopsy, did
you check for a pulse?
WITNESS:
No.
ATTORNEY: Did you check for blood pressure?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY
Did you check for breathing?
WITNESS: No.
ATTORNEY: So, then it is
possible that the patient was alive
when you began the autopsy?
WITNESS:
No.
ATTORNEY: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
WITNESS: Because his brain
was sitting on my desk in a jar.
ATTORNEY: But could the patient have still
been alive, nevertheless?
WITNESS: Yes, it is possible that he could have
been alive and practicing law.
Later,
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