Court Transcripts


These are from a book called Disorder in the American Courts, and are
things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and 
now published by court reporters who had the torment of staying calm
while these exchanges were actually taking place.

 Q: Are you  sexually active?
 A: No, I just lie there.


 Q: What is your date of birth?
 A:  July 15.
 Q: What year?
 A: Every year.

 Q: What gear were you in at the  moment of the impact?
 A: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.

 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?

 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.

 Q: What was the first thing your husband said to you when he woke 
    up that morning?
 A: He said, "Where am I, Cathy?"
 Q: And why did that upset you?
 A: My name is Susan.

 Q: Do you know if your daughter  has ever been involved in voodoo
    or the occult?
 A: We both do.
 Q:  Voodoo?
 A: We do.
 Q: You do?
 A: Yes, voodoo.

 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?
 A: Did you actually pass the bar exam?

 Q: The youngest son, the  twenty-year-old, how old is he?

 Q: Were you present when your picture was taken?

 Q: So the date of conception  (of the baby) was August 8th?
 A: Yes.
 Q: And what were you doing at  that time?

 Q: She had three  children, right?
 A: Yes.
 Q: How many were boys?
 A: None.
 Q:  Were there any girls?

 Q: How  was your first marriage terminated?
 A: By death.
 Q: And by whose death  was it terminated?

 Q: Can you  describe the individual?
 A: He was about medium height and had a beard.
 Q: Was this a male, or a female?

 Q: Is your appearance here this  morning pursuant to a deposition
    notice which I sent to your attorney?
 A:  No, this is how I dress when I go to work.

 Q: Doctor, how many autopsies  have you performed on dead people?
 A: All my autopsies are performed on  dead people.

 Q: ALL your  responses MUST be oral, OK?  What school did you go
    to?
 A: Oral.

 Q: Do you recall the time that  you examined the body?
 A: The autopsy started around 8:30 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.

 Q: Are you qualified to give a  urine sample?

 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: Yes, it is possible that  he could have been alive and 
    practicing law.