The purpose of cross-examination is to continue to argue — and defend — your case by using leading questions to obtain affirmative answers. The leading question with the desired answer is the key to ...

Attorneys shouldn't speak to witnesses during cross-examination. If a party is on the witness stand, can the attorney who presents the witness speak to the witness when he or she begins ...

Cross-examination is the stuff of drama in fictional courtroom depictions. The savvy lawyer taking on a hostile witness on the stand—these are the moments TV and movie audiences live for. However, the ...

"Prompted by the above, in this article I will address two major New York direct examination rules, one which is in large ...

Although it’s undoubtedly true that patent litigators have deep expertise in their corner of the scientific world and Texas oil attorneys could teach a college geology class, the fact remains that ...

If a person was serving a probationary sentence at the time they witnessed a crime, but their probation ended by the time they testified at trial, the defense does not have the right to let jurors ...

"Cross-examination is the greatest legal engine ever invented for the discovery of truth." Those words by legendary lawyer John Henry Wigmore in 1923 are derived from the Sixth Amendment. A defendant ...