Lawyers...
These 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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What gear were you in at the moment of the
impact?
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Gucci sweats and Reeboks.
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This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your
memory at all?
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And in what ways does it affect your memory?
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You forget. Can you give us an example of
something that you've forgotten?
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How old is your son, the one living with you?
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Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can't remember
which.
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How long has he lived with you?
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What was the first thing your husband said
to you when he woke that morning?
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He said, "Where am I, Cathy?"
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And why did that upset you?
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And where was the location of the accident?
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Approximately milepost 499.
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And where is milepost 499?
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Probably between milepost 498 and 500.
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Sir, what is your IQ?
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Well, I can see pretty well, I think.
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Did you blow your horn or anything?
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Before the accident.
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Sure, I played for ten years. I even went
to school for it.
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Do you know if your daughter has ever been
involved in voodoo or the occult?
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Voodoo?
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You do?
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Trooper, when you stopped the defendant, were
your red and blue lights flashing?
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Did the defendant say anything when she got
out of her car?
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What did she say?
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Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person
dies in his sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning?
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The youngest son, the twenty-year-old, how
old is he?
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Were you present when your picture was taken?
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So the date of conception (of the baby) was
August eighth?
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And what were you doing at that time?
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She had three children, right?
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How many were boys?
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Were there any girls?
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You say the stairs went down to the basement?
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And these stairs, did they go up also?
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How was your first marriage terminated?
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And by whose death was it terminated?
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Can you describe the individual?
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He was about medium height and had a beard.
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Was this a male, or a female?
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Is your appearance here this morning pursuant
to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney?
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No, this is how I dress when I go to work.
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Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed
on dead people?
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All my autopsies are performed on dead people.
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All your responses must be oral, OK? What
school did you go to?
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Do you recall the time that you examined the
body?
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The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.
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And Mr Dennington was dead at the time?
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No, he was sitting on the table wondering
why I was doing an autopsy.
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Are you qualified to give a urine sample?
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Doctor, before you performed the autopsy,
did you check for a pulse?
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Did you check for blood pressure?
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Did you check for breathing?
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So, then is it possible that the patient was
alive when you began the autopsy?
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How can you be so sure, Doctor?
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Because his brain was sitting on my desk in
a jar.
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But could the patient have still been alive
nevertheless?
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Yes, it is possible that he could have been
alive and practising law somewhere.
[End of document, updated to 8 October
2000]