When Whitney got back, McGahay said he wanted to stage courtroom - type proceedings to rule on the signatures, including
the cross examination of witnesses, a procedure that is beyond the scope of the board, she said, and something that is, in fact, illegal.
He argued that owing to the nature of his application, he could not commence
cross examination of the witness until the legal issues raised were determined.
The leader of the prosecution defence, Tayo Olukotun, lamented that the defence counsel's
cross examination of the witnesses was ambiguous as it went outside the statement made by Ennah and was admitted by the court as exhibit.
When one environmental public interest group called a university professor to speak in opposition to the proposals based on his belief that development of this nature is inimical to Aboriginal culture,
cross examination of this witness by a representative of the Nisichawayasihk Cree illustrated the professor's lack of specific knowledge of the Nisichawayasihk Cree, their culture and their physical environment.20 In the result, his testimony was given little or no weight by the Commission in its report.
In particular, I was very concerned about the strategies lawyers have in examination and
cross examination of witnesses.
The Doyle Inn would like to invite you to a training focusing on the successful
cross examination of witnesses at trial in civil cases.
I am not sure how many times I have been limited in
my cross examination of a witness because the judge indicates that I have «made my point» but I would suspect it happens at least once in every trial.
That evidence is sometimes obtained through
the cross examination of a witness or it may come to the attention of a party through other sources.
Not exact matches
At the resumed trial
of Dasuki on charges
of unlawful possession
of firearms, the government
witness, Mr. Samuel Ogbu who was under
cross examination confirmed no incriminating items was found in the guest house.
She said Director
of Election Operations Anna Svizzero expressed dismay at the delay and confirmed that the board could not receive evidence, hear
witnesses and / or allow for their
cross examination.
NEW YORK CITY — Prosecutors in the corruption trial
of Joseph Percoco were expected lobbyist Todd Howe to testify on Thursday, but the
cross examination of other
witnesses means Howe will not testify until next week.
Under
cross examination by defence counsels, Obinna Okereke and Nelson Imoh, the
witness said he did not know the purpose
of the payment.
Silver's defense attorneys continued their
cross examination of Dr. Robert Taub, the prosecution's star
witness in a bribery scheme allegedly orchestrated by Silver.
Defence counsel on Tuesday declined
cross examination of a prosecution
witness in the ongoing trial
of Femi Fani - Kayode facing charges
of money laundering before a Federal High Court, Lagos.
The court on April 25 adjourned the matter for
cross examination after the testimony
of the first prosecution
witness, Mr. Victor Ehiabhi.
After listening to both counsel, Justice John Tsoho adjourned the matter until July 7 for the
cross examination of the first prosecution
witness and continuation
of trial.
On
cross examination, plaintiffs» attorney Marcellus McRae tried to chip away at the heft
of Fraisse's testimony by having the
witness concede that the districts he led were relatively small with few schools and had student populations that were largely white, with much smaller percentages
of blacks and African Americans.
While they term it a review — it is written, and there is no trial,
cross examination, subpoena
of witnesses or burden
of proof as required by Mansour v. King.
The book covers the essential skills a lawyer needs to be effective as a
cross-examiner and then illustrates those lessons with annotated transcripts from actual trials, including Bailey's
cross of the coroner in the Sam Sheppard case and Roy Black's
examination of the key
witness in the William Kennedy Smith trial.
Significant expenses occur in areas like discovery, preparation
of witness statements and
cross examination at hearing.
It is important to allow time to simply think through the case be it considering the credibility
of a particular
witness, rehearsing lines
of cross examination or perhaps even polishing off arguments for a speech.
Practically speaking, the provisions involve the
cross examination of certain
witnesses taking place outside
of the court room, prior to the beginning
of trial.
Among the most significant, are changes to police bail and confirmation that pre-recorded
cross examination of vulnerable
witnesses will be rolled out across the country.
By accepting the certificate
of analysis into evidence without first allowing defense voir dire /
cross examination questioning
of the machine operator accepts that attestation clause as reliable without allowing the defendant not only to challenge not only whether the
witness is reliable, credible and with sufficient recall, but also to challenge whether the
witness properly and according to DFS procedure operated this claimed sophisticated piece
of machinery that thusly requires a commensurate level
of sophistication in understanding the machinery and using it.
Many
of the points we wished to establish were done through
cross examination of the other side's
witnesses and my client's testimony took less than 20 minutes.
Consequently, for a judge not to allow defense voir dire /
cross examination questioning
of a prosecution
witness before a damning exhibit is allowed into evidence, presents not only a Due Process issue but also a possible perception
of pro-prosecutorial bias
of the judge, whether or not that bias exists, at least in the eyes
of laypeople watching the trial, when a critical element
of a sufficiently functioning judicial system is for the public to perceive judges as following their oaths
of office.
Consequently, trial judges have nothing to lose and often much to gain by permitting at least brief voir dire /
cross examination of prosecution
witnesses before a damning exhibit is offered into evidence, and also need to think twice before allowing inadmissible hearsay into evidence to see if the prosecutor «ties together» the evidence to make it no longer inadmissible hearsay.
By directing answers to the decision maker and seeking their assistance the
witness can carry out their role despite the techniques
of cross examination.
Often, what develops in
cross examination is that the
witness has little concept that verifying interrogatory answers was a serious undertaking — and that lack
of understanding can be used to both undermine that
witness» credibility and undermine the attorney's fee claim (I believe it is relevant to a party's fee claim if that party's attorney had the party executing documents the party does not understand).
Presentation and
cross examination of expert
witnesses in highly specialized fields
of expertise
Consequently, when a client urges the necessity
of my destroying an opposing
witness on
cross examination, I respond that the backlash from destroying the opposing
witness can be much more harmful than my telling the defense story through
cross examination, bringing out important evidentiary points, and defanging the opposing
witness's testimony.
It seems undeniable that in a trial, if one
of the lawyers spends 80 or 100 percent
of his or her
cross - and direct -
examination time arguing his or her case through the window
of the
witnesses on the stand and the opposing attorney using traditional methods gives up the opportunity to argue the case during direct
examination (and as a result is able to argue his or her case through the window
of the
witnesses on the stand only 50 percent or less
of the time), the first lawyer will have the advantage.
Trial judges have nothing to lose and often much to gain by permitting at least brief voir dire /
cross examination of prosecution
witnesses before a damning exhibit is offered into evidence.
After vigorous
cross examination of the petitioner and his
witnesses and a number
of objections upheld by the Court, our client was able to avoid having an injunction entered against him.
Following the direct
examination of a
witness,
cross examination is the follow - up questioning («
examination»).
Jan instructs the Fall Trial Advocacy Class, examining topics related to all aspects
of the trial process, including openings, direct
examinations,
cross examinations, expert
witnesses, and summations.
The claim was withdrawn part way through the
cross examination of the Claimant's
witnesses.
From the perspective
of trial advocacy and forensic challenges, a keenly contested arbitration concerning the construction
of three large leachate tanks constructed for a large uranium and gold mining facility posed particular challenges in
cross examination of the large number
of witnesses of 30 days in the conduct
of cross-
examination of experts giving concurrent evidence in five disciplines over seven consecutive days.
The purpose
of cross ‑
examination is to allow you to question the
witness about testimony you disagree with and to allow you to possibly have the
witness give some testimony that would support your case.
Advances have been made in the quality
of communication via videoconferencing, which has all but eliminated the problems often associated with videoconferencing in the early days
of its use, which involved time delays in the transmission and which in turn frequently resulted in counsel and
witnesses talking over each other and which made for a less than satisfactory method
of conducting both direct or
cross examination.
Consults with other attorneys regarding preparation for depositions
of state expert
witnesses and
cross examination for trial.
R v T: acquittal
of Defendant
of good character following
cross examination of three prosecution
witnesses.
Buddy lectures extensively and has published a number
of articles and books dealing with trial advocacy, litigation strategy, expert
witness cross examination and complex medical issues concerning wrongfully injured victims and their rights.
We need to spend hours and days and weeks doing this
witness preparation and cover all bases
of evidence and all contingencies for trial developments and
cross examination.
The students conducted direct and
cross examination of four
witnesses and upon their recommendation, the judge conducted a watermeier hearing with the minor which lasted over an hour, after which, the judge granted the father sole custody
of the minor.
Mr. Stern repeatedly attacked the
witness's credibility during three days
of cross examination.
He has advocated for claimants with complex psychiatric and / or physical disabilities, providing comprehensive preparation for hearings with claimants, analysis & interpretation
of medical & psychiatric records, as well as
cross examination of medical & vocational
witnesses.
I trust you will find this method
of cross examination both easy to employ and effective to use with all sorts
of witnesses.
A meeting between the officer and the defense attorney may well reveal potential defenses and potential
cross examination of the officer or other
witnesses at trial.
Significant expenses occur in ar - eas like discovery, preparation
of witness statements and
cross examination at hearing.