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

On Fri, 20 Feb 2004 09:02:48 -0500, "Dennis O'Connor"
wrote:

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...

This is so very true but most lawyers I believe tend to forget this
rule sometimes. Another story while I was an officer, I had to attend
a DWI case that was finally going to court after about 3 years. While
I was up on the stand, the defense attorney was asking me questions
about the reasons I decided to take the defendant to jail. When the
question about his speech came up. The attorney made the comment
about his dialect and the part of the state that he was from and asked
me if I took this into account. I told him that I do take such things
into account. He then asked me "So officer, How many people do you
know from XYZ, Texas". At first I thought this question was a joke.
I then looked over at the jury and gave my answer... Well, including
myself and my family and all the people I went to school with as a
kid... A whole lot of other people! The jury rolled. The attorney
sat down and had no further questions.
The defendant was found guilty.

Scott

Oh gawd, blew his own cajones off, right in public... That's hysterical...
In a previous lifetime I spent time covering the jail, so I got to hear, and
see, a lot of stories...

One night I'm working the hospital ER, the jail crew brings in Juan, who I
have seen at the jail a number of times, trussed up like a roasting
chicken... Seems he got into a punch up with the guards over something or
other..He has a cut on his head and some on his hands I need to sew up... I
tell them they have to remove the cuffs... They are incredulous and tell me
he is a bad ass and he will punch me... I insist and finally they do, and
stand back smirking...
I lean over Juan and I say, "Juan, if you punch me, you know what I am going
to do?"
Juan looks at me with a steely glint in his eyes, "What you gonna do, doc?",
he challenges me...
"I'm going to fall down and bleed all over you.", I say, wagging my finger
under his nose...
He blinks a few times, then his lips start to quiver, and then he snorts,
and finally he becomes helpless with laughter...

After I get done suturing his cuts, and the guards put his cuffs back on and
link them to his ankle bracelets, and are ready to lead him out, he looks
over at me...
"Hey doc, you OK for a grrriingo... Anyone gives you trouble, you let me
know... I weel take care of them." And out he went...
About a year later I saw in the paper where he bled to death on a street
corner...
Kind of spoiled my day... He was sociopath but he could be likeable at
times...
denny

"SD" sdatverizondot.net@ wrote in message He then asked me "So officer,
How many people do you
know from XYZ, Texas". At first I thought this question was a joke.
I then looked over at the jury and gave my answer... Well, including
myself and my family and all the people I went to school with as a
kid... A whole lot of other people! The jury rolled.