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traco1
Aug 15th 2007, 11:33 AM
Read this and some of the replies are so funny. Enjoy!

Disorder In The Court...

These are from a book called Disorder in the American Courts, and are things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court reporters who had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges were actually taking place.

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ATTORNEY: You do?

WITNESS: Yes, voodoo.
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ATTORNEY: The youngest son, the twenty-one-year-old, how old is he?

WITNESS: Uh, he's twenty-one.

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ATTORNEY: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?

WITNESS: Yes.

ATTORNEY: And what were you doing at that time?

WITNESS: Uh.... I was gett'in laid!
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ATTORNEY: Were you present when your picture was taken?

WITNESS: You're kidding me, right!?
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ATTORNEY: She had three children, is that correct?

WITNESS: Yes.

ATTORNEY: How many were boys?

WITNESS: None.

ATTORNEY: Were there any girls?

WITNESS: Are you ****t'in me? Your Honor, I think I need a different attorney. Can I get a new attorney?
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ATTORNEY: How was your first marriage terminated?

WITNESS: By death.

ATTORNEY: And by whose death was it terminated?

WITNESS: Now whose death do you suppose terminated it?
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ATTORNEY: Can you describe the individual?

WITNESS: He was about medium height and had a beard.

ATTORNEY: Was this a male or a female?

WITNESS: Guess.
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ATTORNEY: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice, which I sent to your attorney?

WITNESS: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.
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ATTORNEY: Doctor, how many of your autopsies have you performed on dead
people?

WITNESS: All my autopsies are performed on dead people. Would you like to rephrase that?
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ATTORNEY: Are you qualified to give a urine sample?

WITNESS: Huh....are you qualified to ask that question?
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ATTORNEY: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go to?

WITNESS: Oral.
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ATTORNEY: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?

WITNESS: The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.

ATTORNEY: And Mr. Denton was dead at the time?

WITNESS: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy on him!
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ATTORNEY: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning?

WITNESS: Did you actually pass the bar exam?
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--- And the best for last: ---

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 practising law.

Katalyst
Aug 15th 2007, 11:46 AM
:rofl:

CACAdmin
Aug 15th 2007, 11:58 AM
:laugh:

BTW, I tried looking up 'Disorder in the American Courts' but couldn't find it under that title. The closest link I found was: 'Disorder in the Court: Great Fractured Moments in Courtroom History' by Charles M. Sevilla. Is this it? If not, do you happen to have the name of the author? (I'd just like to credit the right book and author.)

traco1
Aug 15th 2007, 01:50 PM
That's all it said for title and no mention of the author. Is it okay if I copied and pasted from another forum? I wasn't sure so let me know if that is a no-no?

Melody
Aug 15th 2007, 07:11 PM
I think we can let it go - certainly don't want to take you to court for it by the sounds of things. :laugh:

traco1
Aug 15th 2007, 07:26 PM
:rofl:

_BaDgUy_
Aug 15th 2007, 08:38 PM
:rofl:

Always need a good laugh!

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