§8.7 Relationship of Cross-Examination to Anxiety and Confidence §8.8 Real Time Learning in Cross-Examination §8.9 Achieving Control and Real Time Understanding through the Form of the Question §8.10 The Historical Context of the Only Three Rules of Cross-Examination §8.11 Rule 1: Leading Questions Only

CROSS EXAMINATION - A GUIDE OBJECT: • Favourable Evidence. To elicit evidence from the witness which is favourable to or supports your case – evidence which supports your version of the facts in issue. Get admissions where you can. • To discredit. Cast doubt on unfavourable evidence given by the witness. Test the reliability of the ...

Cross-Examination Techniques 1. Introduction Cross-examination is a weapon, an effective weapon if handled correctly and a dangerous weapon if not. It can be your best friend or your worst enemy if handled incorrectly. Like a weapon, it must be treated with respect and understanding. ... The question of the art of cross- examination arises when ...

Leading questions in cross-examination *By: F. Dennis Saylor IV and Daniel I. Small )August 31, 2017 Nowhere is the contrast between direct and cross as clear as in the use of leading questions. In cross-examination, just about every question should be leading. (Sometimes, the right non-leading question can be devastatingly

to organize your cross-examination. The chapter method of organizing cross-examination is a widely used and commonly accepted method of organizing cross-examination. Essentially, it consists of breaking down your cross-examination into distinct chapters consisting of the points and sub-points that you want to make for your cross-examination

CROSS-EXAMINATION 1 § 7.01 INTRODUCTION Hollywood dramas portray cross-examinations as exercises in pyrotechnics: the lawyer asks hostile and sarcastic questions, mixed with clever asides to the jury, and the witness gives evasive answers. Cross-examination causes Captain Queeg to reveal his mental instability in The Caine Mutiny; it wrings