Law

The Expert Witness: Cross-Examining the Smartest Person in the Room

The importance of storytelling in cross-examination. Strategies for questioning an expert, whether in pre-trial or in the courtroom. Tactics for maintaining control of the examination. Professionalism ...
Law

Asking a witness during cross-examination if another witness is lying appears to be unethical

I am a trial lawyer and I have seen a number of trials where, on cross-examination, a witness has been asked questions like, "Your testimony doesn't match Witness Y's testimony. Is she lying?" Or, ...
WUWM

What the cross-examination of one witness reveals about the Sean Combs trial

This report includes descriptions of physical and sexual violence. On Monday (June 2), a former employee of Sean Combs concluded three days of testimony against the hip-hop mogul. The witness, who ...
WPBF

Ryan Routh apologizes to witness during cross-examination

TROPICS COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. RIGHT NOW. COURT IS UNDERWAY IN THE TRIAL OF RYAN ROUTH. HE IS HEARING TESTIMONY CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER DAY. THIS MARKS THE EIGHTH DAY OF THE TRIAL. NIKITA RAMOS ...
The Nation Newspaper

Court to rule on EFCC’s request to cross-examine witness in Bello’s trial

A Federal High Court in Abuja has scheduled ruling for June 26 in a fresh application by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for the court’s permission to be allowed to cross-examine ...
The Nation Newspaper

Court declines EFCC’s plea to cross-examine own witness in Yahaya Bello’s trial

A Federal High Court in Abuja has declined a request by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to cross-examine its witness in the ongoing trial of alleged money laundering trial of the ...