Focus (Forum & Focus)
May 9, 2008
Preparation, Watching, and Listening
Forum Column - By Robert W. Tarun - Great cross-examination requires more than just solid preparation - it requires applying your full powers of observation as the courtroom drama unfolds.
By Robert W. Tarun
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Cross-examination is the greatest challenge a trial lawyer faces. It is prepared for as if a science and performed as an art. Above all, cross-examination must serve one of two overriding trial objectives: either proving one's case and theory or weakening or disproving the case and theory of an opponent. If a cross-examination will not further one of these objec...
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