- Court Reporters have to take down every word that is said in court. Once in a while they get some doozies to share with everyone outside of the courtroom. These are but just a few examples of how frighteningly silly some people might be.
- Q: What is your date of birth?
- A: July fifteenth.
- Q: What year?
- A: Every year.
- Q: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?
- A: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.
- Q: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all?
- A: Yes.
- Q: And in what ways does it affect your memory?
- A: I forget.
- Q: You forget. Can you give us an example of something that you've forgotten?
- Q: How old is your son, the one living with you?
- A: Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can't remember which.
- Q: How long has he lived with you?
- A: Forty-five years.
- Q: What was the first thing your husband said to you when he woke that morning?
- A: He said, "Where am I, Cathy?"
- Q: And why did that upset you?
- A: My name is Susan.
- Q: And where was the location of the accident?
- A: Approximately milepost 499.
- Q: And where is milepost 499?
- A: Probably between milepost 498 and 500.
- Q: Sir, what is your IQ?
- A: Well, I can see pretty well, I think.
- Q: Did you blow your horn or anything?
- A: After the accident?
- Q: Before the accident.
- A: Sure, I played for ten years. I even went to school for it.
- Q: Trooper, when you stopped the defendant, were your red and blue lights flashing?
- A: Yes.
- Q: Did the defendant say anything when she got out of her car?
- A: Yes, sir.
- Q: What did she say?
- A: What disco am I at?
- Q: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn't know about it until the next morning?
- Q: The youngest son, the twenty-year old, how old is he?
- Q: Were you present when your picture was taken?
- Q: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August eighth?
- A: Yes.
- Q: And what were you doing at that time?
- Q: She had three children, right?
- A: Yes.
- Q: How many were boys?
- A: None.
- Q: Were there any girls?
- Q: You say the stairs went down to the basement?
- A: Yes.
- Q: And these stairs, did they go up also?
- Q: How was your first marriage terminated?
- A: By death.
- Q: And by whose death was it terminated?
- Q: Can you describe the individual?
- A: He was about medium height and had a beard.
- Q: Was this a male, or a female?
- Q: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney?
- A: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.
- Q: Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on dead people?
- A: All my autopsies are performed on dead people.
- Q: All your responses must be oral, OK? What school did you go to?
- A: Oral.
- Q. Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
- A: The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.
- Q: And Mr. Dennington was dead at the time?
- A: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy.
- Q: Are you qualified to give a urine sample?
- Q: Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
- A: No.
- Q: Did you check for blood pressure?
- A: No.
- Q: Did you check for breathing?
- A: No.
- Q: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?
- A: No.
- Q: How can you be so sure, Doctor?
- A: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
- Q: But could the patient have still been alive nevertheless?
- A: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law somewhere.
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