Sunday, August 12, 2012

Courtroom, lawyers and what not .... part 4/4

             ATTORNEY: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
      WITNESS: The autopsy started around 8:30 PM
     ATTORNEY: And Mr. Denton was dead at the time?
   WITNESS: If not, he was by the time I finished.
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     ATTORNEY: Are you qualified to give a urine sample?
     WITNESS: Are you qualified to ask that question?
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   ATTORNEY: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
      WITNESS: No.
      ATTORNEY: Did you check for blood pressure?
      WITNESS: No.
    ATTORNEY: Did you check for breathing?
     WITNESS: No..
      ATTORNEY: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?
      WITNESS: No.
    ATTORNEY: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
   WITNESS: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
      ATTORNEY: I see, but could the patient have still been alive, nevertheless?
   WITNESS: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law.

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