A Sample Cross Examination. [Note: This is an excerpt from a larger cross that occurred during a motion to suppress evidence. In this excerpt, there are two points that I’m trying to establish: 1) that the police did not have probable cause to enter Janet Smith’s apartment, and 2) that Smith’s consent was not voluntary.

CROSS EXAM OF EXPERTS (Sample Questions) Challenge Credentials: • You do not have a degree from an accredited university? • You have not received any formal training in (state type of injury at issue in the case)? • You are not a certified child abuse specialist? • Your expertise is in (state current position) and not in child abuse?

CROSS EXAMINATION TEMPLATE (CRIMINAL) Here is an outline on how you can properly write a prosecution team’s cross examination. Use the sentences below as a starting point. Add your own facts, strategy and details to this template. Make these questions fit your style and your case.

Sample Cross-Examination of Sexual Assault Victim Part 1. This transcript is a second pre-trial hearing involving the same case of alleged child sexual abuse. It contains direct and cross examination of the same alleged victim a month and a half after the first hearing.

Cross-examination is an art form only occasionally practiced by prosecutors, who instead necessarily focus much of their efforts on direct examination. This is brought on by the prosecution bearing the burden of proof and the simple realities of many criminal