Judge Amy Hanley says the goal of cross-examination is to maintain control of the witness and as the examining attorney much of the power to do that is in your hands. "You have a witness who has been ...

Attorneys shouldn't speak to witnesses during cross-examination. If a party is on the witness stand, can the attorney who presents the witness speak to the witness when he or she begins ...

TROPICS COMING UP IN JUST A FEW MINUTES. RIGHT NOW. COURT IS UNDERWAY IN THE TRIAL OF RYAN ROUTH. HE IS HEARING TESTIMONY CONTINUE FOR ANOTHER DAY. THIS MARKS THE EIGHTH DAY OF THE TRIAL. NIKITA RAMOS ...

This report includes descriptions of physical and sexual violence. On Monday (June 2), a former employee of Sean Combs concluded three days of testimony against the hip-hop mogul. The witness, who ...

"Cross-examination is the greatest legal engine ever invented for the discovery of truth." Those words by legendary lawyer John Henry Wigmore in 1923 are derived from the Sixth Amendment. A defendant ...