Stupid Attorney taling about GPS's

There is a trial rule taught to all sophomore law students, "Never ask a
question on court you don't already know the answer to"
He obviously forgot the rule...

"Gerald Sylvester" wrote in message
news

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Peterson's attorney, Mark Geragos, argued that the information gathered
through global positioning system technology was not accurate. GPS uses
signals from dozens of satellites to show a receiver's position to
within a few feet.

"If the FAA will not approve GPS for the landing of an aircraft, how can
a court of law approve its forensic use in a capital case?" he said.
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I expected 1 or 2 replies but not 1 or 2 *hundred*.

Well not to start a legal thread in R.A.P but here is another
great one I read about in an article about the
Martha Stewart trial:

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Under cross-examination, Bacanovic's lawyer, Richard Strassberg, tried
to shake up the ink expert's credibility by saying, "You are aware of
the ASTM standards for ink analysis."

"Yeah, I wrote them," Stewart replied. The courtroom burst into laughter.
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amazing.

Gerald