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Roger Townsend's Legal Resources
REAL TRANSCRIPTS FROM COURT
These are things actually taken from transcripts in court.
Q: What is your date of birth? A: July fifteenth. Q: What year? A: Every year.
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Q: What gear were you in at
the moment of the impact?
A: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.
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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?
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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.
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Q: What was the first thing your husband
said to you when he awoke that morning?
A: He said, "Where am I, Cathy?"
Q: And why did that upset you?
A: My name is Susan.
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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: 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?
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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?
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Q: The youngest son, the twenty-year old,
how old is he?
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Q: Were you present when your
picture was taken?
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Q: Was it you or your younger brother
who was killed in the war?
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Q: How many times have you committed suicide?
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Q: You were there until the time you left,
is that true?
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Q: Did he kill you?
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Q: So the date of conception (of the baby) ?
was August 8th
A: Yes. Q: And what were you doing at that time?
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Q: She had three children, right? A: Yes. Q: How many were boys? A: None. Q: Were there any girls?
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Q: You say the stairs went down to the basement? A: Yes. Q: And these stairs, did they also go up?
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Q: Mr. Slatery, you went on a rather elaborate
honeymoon, didn'tyou?
A: I went to Europe, Sir.
Q: And you took your new
wife?
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Q: How was your first marriage terminated? A: By death. Q: And by whose death was it terminated?
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Q: Can you describe the individual? A: He was about medium height and had a beard. Q: Was this a male, or a female?
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Q: Doctor, how many autopsies have you
performed on dead people?
A: All my autopsies are performed on dead people.
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Q: All your responses must be oral, OK?
Q: What school did you go to?
A: Oral.
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Q: Do you recall the time that you
examined the body?
A: The autopsy started
around8:30 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.
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Q: Are you qualified to give a urine sample?
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Q: You were not shot in the fracas?
A: No, I was shot midway between the fracas
and the navel.
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......and Linda's personal favorite:
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: It is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law somewhere.