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Chapter 6 DIRECT EXAMINATION
Chapter 6 DIRECT EXAMINATION INTRODUCTIONThe DIRECT EXAMINATION of witnesses is the most important part of the may be more exciting and closing argument more eloquent,but it is the DIRECT EXAMINATION of your own witnesses that will determinewhether the jurors hear, understand, and remember the facts upon which yourcase is , DIRECT EXAMINATION often is done poorly. Witnesses are notpresented effectively, and attorneys fail to elicit coherent evidence from cannot just put a witness on the stand and ask, What happened? Yourdirect EXAMINATION must elicit what the witness knows in a manner that helpsthe jury understand, remember and believe it. Several obstacles stand in yourway that must be overcome:cYour witness is only human. A witness may know only a portionof the entire story, may have a poor memory, and even maycontradict other testify only in response to the questions you ask, whichplaces a burden on you to be comprehensive and rules of evidence limit the form of questions and the contentof testimony.
of testimony. Many rules, such as the hearsay rule, defy common sense, make telling the complete story difficult, and make testimony ... I guess it healed. I was able to play softball the next year, and it ... my car was in the shop, so I went to catch the bus to get to
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