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    Apologies if this has been posted before

    Actually Said in Court
    From Disorder in the American Courts: Actual quotes from courtroom transcripts

    ATTORNEY... Are you sexually active?
    WITNESS... No, I just lie there.
    ______________________________ _

    ATTORNEY... What is your date of birth?
    WITNESS... July 18th.
    ATTORNEY... What year?
    WITNESS... Every year.
    ______________________________ _______

    ATTORNEY... What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?
    WITNESS... Gucci sweats and Reeboks.
    ______________________________ ________

    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?
    ______________________________ _______
    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.
    ______________________________ _______

    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... 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.
    ______________________________ ________

    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?
    ______________________________ ______

    ATTORNEY... The youngest son, the twenty-one-year-old, how old is he?
    WITNESS... Uh, he's twenty-one.
    ______________________________ __________

    ATTORNEY... Were you present when your picture was taken?
    WITNESS... Would you repeat the question?
    ______________________________ ________

    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....
    ______________________________ ________

    ATTORNEY... She had three children, right?
    WITNESS... Yes.
    ATTORNEY... How many were boys?
    WITNESS... None.
    ATTORNEY... Were there any girls?
    ______________________________ ________

    ATTORNEY... How was your first marriage terminated?
    WITNESS.... By death.
    ATTORNEY... And by whose death was it terminated?
    ______________________________ ________

    ATTORNEY... Can you describe the individual?
    WITNESS... He was about medium height and had a beard.
    ATTORNEY... Was this a male or a female?
    ______________________________ ________

    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.
    ______________________________ ________

    ATTORNEY... Doctor, how many of your autopsies have you performed on dead people?
    WITNESS... All my autopsies are performed on dead people.
    ______________________________ ________

    ATTORNEY... ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go to?
    WITNESS... Oral.
    ______________________________ ________

    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!
    ______________________________ _________

    ATTORNEY... Are you qualified to give a urine sample?
    WITNESS... Huh?
    ______________________________

    And the best for 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.... But could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless?
    WITNESS... Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law
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