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<blockquote data-quote="sudhara43" data-source="post: 11478614" data-attributes="member: 62001"><p><span style="font-size: 15px">These are from a book called Disorder in the American Courts and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and published by court reporters that had the torment of staying calm while the exchanges were taking place. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"> </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">ATTORNEY: What was the first thing your husband said to you that morning? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">WITNESS: He said, 'Where am I, Cathy?' </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">ATTORNEY: And why did that upset you? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">WITNESS: My name is Susan! </span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 15px">_______________________________ </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">ATTORNEY: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact? WITNESS: Gucci sweats and Reeboks. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">____________________________________________ </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">ATTORNEY: Are you sexually active? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">WITNESS: No, I just lie there.. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">____________________________________________ </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">ATTORNEY: What is your date of birth? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">WITNESS: July 18th. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">ATTORNEY: What year? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">WITNESS: Every year. </span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 15px">______________________________</span><span style="font-size: 15px">_______ </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">ATTORNEY: How old is your son, the one living with you? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">WITNESS: Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can't remember which. ATTORNEY: How long has he lived with you? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">WITNESS: Forty-five years. </span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">______________________________</span><span style="font-size: 15px">___ </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">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? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">______________________________</span><span style="font-size: 15px">_____________ </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">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? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">____________________________________ </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">ATTORNEY: The youngest son, the 20-year-old, how old is he? WITNESS: He's 20, much like your IQ. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">______________________________</span><span style="font-size: 15px">_____________ </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">ATTORNEY: Were you present when your picture was taken? WITNESS: Are you shitting me? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">______________________________</span><span style="font-size: 15px">___________ </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">ATTORNEY: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">WITNESS: Yes. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">ATTORNEY: And what were you doing at that time? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">WITNESS: Getting laid </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">______________________________</span><span style="font-size: 15px">______________ </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">ATTORNEY: She had three children , right? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">WITNESS: Yes. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">ATTORNEY: How many were boys? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">WITNESS: None. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">ATTORNEY: Were there any girls? </span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 15px">WITNESS: Your Honor, I think I need a different attorney. Can I get a new attorney? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">______________________________</span><span style="font-size: 15px">______________ </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">ATTORNEY: How was your first marriage terminated? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">WITNESS: By death.. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">ATTORNEY: And by whose death was it terminated? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">WITNESS: Take a guess. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">______________________________</span><span style="font-size: 15px">_____________ </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">ATTORNEY: Can you describe the individual? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">WITNESS: He was about medium height and had a beard </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">ATTORNEY: Was this a male or a female? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">WITNESS: Unless the Circus was in town I'm going with male. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">______________________________</span><span style="font-size: 15px">_______ </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">ATTORNEY: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">WITNESS: No, this is how I dress when I go to work. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">_____________________________</span><span style="font-size: 15px">________ </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">ATTORNEY: Doctor , how many of your autopsies have you performed on dead people? </span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 15px">WITNESS: All of them. The live ones put up too much of a fight. </span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">______________________________</span><span style="font-size: 15px">___________ </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">ATTORNEY: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go to? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">WITNESS: Oral... </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">______________________________</span><span style="font-size: 15px">___________ </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">ATTORNEY: Do you recall the time that you examined the body? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">WITNESS: The autopsy started around 8:30 PM </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">ATTORNEY: And Mr. Denton was dead at the time? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">WITNESS: If not, he was by the time I finished.. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"> ______________________________</span><span style="font-size: 15px">______________ </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">ATTORNEY: Are you qualified to give a urine sample? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">WITNESS: Are you qualified to ask that question? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">______________________________</span><span style="font-size: 15px">________ </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">And last: </span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 15px">ATTORNEY: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">WITNESS: No. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">ATTORNEY: Did you check for blood pressure? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">WITNESS: No. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">ATTORNEY: Did you check for breathing? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">WITNESS: No.. </span></p><p> <span style="font-size: 15px">ATTORNEY: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">WITNESS: No. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">ATTORNEY: How can you be so sure, Doctor? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">WITNESS: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar. </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">ATTORNEY: I see, but could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless? </span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">WITNESS: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law. --</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/lol.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="LOL :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/lol.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="LOL :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/lol.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="LOL :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/lol.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="LOL :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/lol.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="LOL :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/lol.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="LOL :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/lol.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="LOL :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/lol.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="LOL :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/lol.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="LOL :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/lol.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="LOL :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/lol.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="LOL :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/lol.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="LOL :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /><img src="/styles/default/xenforo/smilies/default/lol.gif" class="smilie" loading="lazy" alt=":lol:" title="LOL :lol:" data-shortname=":lol:" /></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px">e-mail ekak</span></p><p><span style="font-size: 15px"></span></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sudhara43, post: 11478614, member: 62001"] [SIZE=4]These are from a book called Disorder in the American Courts and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and published by court reporters that had the torment of staying calm while the exchanges were taking place. 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! _______________________________ ATTORNEY: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact? WITNESS: Gucci sweats and Reeboks. ____________________________________________ ATTORNEY: Are you sexually active? WITNESS: No, I just lie there.. ____________________________________________ [/SIZE][SIZE=4] ATTORNEY: What is your date of birth? WITNESS: July 18th. ATTORNEY: What year? WITNESS: Every year. ______________________________[/SIZE][SIZE=4]_______ 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. ______________________________[/SIZE][SIZE=4]___ 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? ______________________________[/SIZE][SIZE=4]_____________ [/SIZE] [SIZE=4] 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? ____________________________________ [/SIZE][SIZE=4] ATTORNEY: The youngest son, the 20-year-old, how old is he? WITNESS: He's 20, much like your IQ. ______________________________[/SIZE][SIZE=4]_____________ ATTORNEY: Were you present when your picture was taken? WITNESS: Are you shitting me? ______________________________[/SIZE][SIZE=4]___________ ATTORNEY: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th? WITNESS: Yes. ATTORNEY: And what were you doing at that time? WITNESS: Getting laid ______________________________[/SIZE][SIZE=4]______________ ATTORNEY: She had three children , right? WITNESS: Yes. ATTORNEY: How many were boys? WITNESS: None. ATTORNEY: Were there any girls? WITNESS: Your Honor, I think I need a different attorney. Can I get a new attorney? ______________________________[/SIZE][SIZE=4]______________ ATTORNEY: How was your first marriage terminated? WITNESS: By death.. ATTORNEY: And by whose death was it terminated? WITNESS: Take a guess. ______________________________[/SIZE][SIZE=4]_____________ ATTORNEY: Can you describe the individual? WITNESS: He was about medium height and had a beard ATTORNEY: Was this a male or a female? WITNESS: Unless the Circus was in town I'm going with male. ______________________________[/SIZE][SIZE=4]_______ 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. _____________________________[/SIZE][SIZE=4]________ ATTORNEY: Doctor , how many of your autopsies have you performed on dead people? WITNESS: All of them. The live ones put up too much of a fight. ______________________________[/SIZE][SIZE=4]___________ ATTORNEY: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go to? WITNESS: Oral... ______________________________[/SIZE][SIZE=4]___________ ATTORNEY: Do you recall the time that you examined the body? WITNESS: The autopsy started around 8:30 PM ATTORNEY: And Mr. Denton was dead at the time? WITNESS: If not, he was by the time I finished.. ______________________________[/SIZE][SIZE=4]______________ ATTORNEY: Are you qualified to give a urine sample? WITNESS: Are you qualified to ask that question? ______________________________[/SIZE][SIZE=4]________ And last: 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: I see, but could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless? WITNESS: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law. --[/SIZE] [SIZE=4]:lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol::lol: e-mail ekak [/SIZE] [/QUOTE]
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