Actual Trial Transcripts
These are actual questions and answers from lawyers and clients asked during trials. (AP Newswire, 11/30/95)
Q: Mrs. Jones, is your
appearance this morning pursuant to a deposition notice that I sent
your attorney?
A: No. This is how I dress when I go to work.
Q: Were you acquainted with the deceased?
A: Yes, sir.
Q: Before or after he died?
Q: Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed
on dead people?
A: All my autopsies have been performed on dead people.
Q: Did you ever stay all night with this man
in New York?
A: I refuse to answer that question.
Q: Did you ever stay all night with this man in Chicago?
A: I refuse to answer that question.
Q: Did you ever stay all night with this man in Miami?
A: No.
Q: What happened then?
A: He told me, he says, "I have to kill you because you can identify
me."
Q: Did he kill you?
A: No.
Q: What is our name?
A: Ernestine McDowell.
Q: And what is your marriage status?
A: Fair.
Q: Could you see him from where you were standing?
A: I could see his head.
Q: And where was his head?
A: Just above his shoulders.
Q: Are you sexually active?
A: Well, I usually just lie there.
Q: Are you qualified to give a urine sample?
A: Yes, I have been since early childhood.
Q: Any suggestions as to what prevented this
from being a murder trial instead of an attempted murder trial?
A: The victim lived.
Q: What is the meaning of sperm being present?
A: It indicates intercourse.
Q: Male sperm?
A: That is the only kind I know.
Q: Are you married?
A: No, I'm divorced.
Q: And what did your husband do before you divorced him?
A: A lot of things I don't know about.
Q: (Showing man picture) That's you?
A: Yes.
Q: And you were present when the picture was taken, right?
A: Yes.
