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| Bailey in OJ Simpson Trial |
Renowned
cross-examiner F. Lee Bailey’s pointer on cross-examination is to keep the
cross-examination questions moving along at a quick clip so that the witness
doesn’t have time to concoct answers. Excellent tip. As he points out being
wedded to notes can slow down the pace.
Moving at a
fast pace, but not running over a witness, is a tenet that applies particularly
well to the cross of an expert witness who will fill the air if counsel permits
it. Nothing is more painful to observe than a lawyer who turns away from the
expert on the stand and returns to counsel table, allowing the expert to
expound in the vacuum provided by the lawyer who turned a back to a
professional witness.
Watch the
video of Bailey’s cross-examination of Mark Furhman in the O. J. Simpson case
to see how he kept the examination moving at a rapid pace.
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