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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Former defense attorney and prosecutor here. Watched most of the trial thus far, did have an appointment this afternoon so missed a couple of hours.

The admonishment by the judge at end of day was standard, as she *was* being argumentative with the defense attorney. It’s understandable, defense attorneys can be assholes and this one isn’t doing a very good job. Also, she’s a prosecution witness because she believes she witnessed at the least a negligent killing.

Witnesses sometimes bring attitude or sometimes try to get cute or more often just don’t understand the process of testifying at trial. As the judge pointed out, the prosecution will have redirect and can flesh out the things she wants to say IF it helps their case. [b]What I’m seeing is that the prosecution hasn’t done the best job of prepping some of these witnesses for trial. [/b]But overall their case is going well because IT WAS A STRAIGHT UP MURDER so it always helps when the facts are in your corner.[/quote]  I know from watching The Good Wife that when you are being cross-examined, you answer yes or no and do not elaborate. Every single one of these witnesses was elaborating.  I kept wondering if they received that basic instruction when they were prepped. [/quote]

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