On Breaking Commandments

In an overcrowded room in a muggy Montreal August, he paces behind a folding table, shooting out his Ten Commandments of Cross-Examination and pounding on a blackboard as though he were carving in stone, shards of white chalk flying around the room. In his most vivid tale, the grand jury has charged...

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Published in:Litigation 2008-04, Vol.34 (3), p.18-23
Main Author: Doyen, Michael R.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Almanacs
Attorneys
Bird watching
Counterfeiting
Cross examination
Earths Moon
Juries
Litigation
Prosecuting attorneys
Timber
Trials
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Summary:In an overcrowded room in a muggy Montreal August, he paces behind a folding table, shooting out his Ten Commandments of Cross-Examination and pounding on a blackboard as though he were carving in stone, shards of white chalk flying around the room. In his most vivid tale, the grand jury has charged your client with what Younger calls "atrocious assault": your client bit off the victim's nose; a prosecution witness so testifies. Sitting down at counsel table, as Younger recommends, is better than standing in the middle of the courtroom when the jury discovers your examination is a scam and you are a scoundrel; but beyond that, the "stop and sit down" strategy has not much to recommend it.
ISSN:0097-9813
2162-9765