Sentences with phrase «on cross examination»

In general, you can't ask your own witness a leading question, but you may do so toward a hostile witness on cross examination.

For example, I recently told opposing counsel she did a great job on a cross examination of my client, who was a particularly slippery witness.

He must give credible and non adversarial responses on cross examination.

They confirmed on cross examination that they experienced no physical injuries; I knew they would confirm no physical injuries, because I confirmed that with them in advance of trial.

They must give credible and non adversarial responses on cross examination.

A question on cross examination may look something like «Dr. Smith, isn't it true that you and Mr. Doe are childhood friends?»

Howe signed the agreement after pleading guilty in 2016 to an alleged bribery scheme with Percoco, but his bail was revoked Thursday night after he reluctantly conceded on cross examination that a few weeks later he tried to scam Capital One out of $ 604 for a stay at the Waldorf Astoria.

The witness may progressively fail to hold up under attack on cross examination because he or she does not know the prescribed response to an unanticipated question.

Now however, recalling how most litigants love to blame their attorneys for false or ridiculous interrogatory answers, I hold back at first on my cross examination and only show the witness the interrogatory answers.

That was a good strategic decision as he would have been obliterated on cross examination.

For example, if the visa officer on cross examination promises a copy of a document but then does not produce a copy or is taking too long the Applicant would bring a motion at the Federal Court to seek an order to have the officer produce the document.

I was honored to have been asked to present a CLE seminar on cross examination in August.

He wavered on cross examination that the generalized anxiety was a result of the accident.

Attorneys may contact the CPI for assistance with dealing with difficult clients, personality disorders, custody evaluations and to consult on cross examinations.

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...

Almost every attorney has a «war story» about a case that fell apart when the client was asked a question on cross examination that revealed information of which the attorney was completely ignorant.

Keating, on cross examination of the FBI special agent who did the analysis on Monday, repeatedly pressed the point that the chart did not necessarily mean that the subjects were talking to each other about Singh loans.

In a trial, all these declarations the Attorney General is putting in from people that make conclusions with no evidence, you can really point all that out on cross examination.

On cross examination, plaintiffs» attorney Marcellus McRae attempted to demonstrate that the contested statutes place limitations on even well managed school districts.

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.

Plaintiffs» attorney Kyle Withers, on cross examination, asked Clarke whether any of the strategies in the induction program guaranteed a teacher will achieve student learning gains.

But on cross examination, plaintiffs» attorney Josh Lipshutz attempted to show that poverty and lack of money are no excuses for ineffective teaching.

On cross examination, plaintiffs» attorney Josh Lipshutz, tried to minimize Webb's testimony by pointing out his experience is limited to one school district among hundreds in California.

On cross examination the defendant's counsel created a foundation for the relevance of this chart and sought to enter it into the record.

On cross examination, the officer confirmed that his report on the case assured that my client had no odor of alcohol on his breath, in direct contradiction to his direct testimony and the testimony of the first - arriving police officer.

On cross examination the other side can ask about the hash problem but if the expert can establish that the evidence as shown is accurate then the chain of custody might not carry much weight.

On cross examination the client may get details wrong and damage the case.

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.

If I were representing UCF, on cross examination, I would ask Ms. Smith a series of questions concerning this factor, such as, whether she considers herself a brand, whether she hopes to win her fights, whether she hopes that he ranking will improve, and whether she hopes her success will lead to opportunities to derive income from sources other than actual fights (i.e sponsorship and licensing deals).

On cross examination, the owner agreed that Esther was entitled to be embarrassed by the demotion.

The fact is that a reasonable and well prepared expert is not going to be «broken» on cross examination.

You may ask them questions on cross examination.

On cross examination he admitted that they weren't really identical twins because they had different fathers and the other guy was several years older.

On cross examination you can make the responder look silly by questioning him or her about the obvious evasion.