Easy (and Effective) Cross Examination Technique!

Learn about this simple and powerful cross examination technique that can level up your cross! With this strategy, you'll be able to ask cross examination questions that tell the story on your terms -- while maintaining control of the witness.

Remember that the best cross examination questions are simple because they can be easily digested by the jury.

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[LawVenture]

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[hiker-uybi]

Direct examination: witness should be talking
Cross examination: you should be talking

[JL-pjml]

Criminal defense attorneys: take it from a prosecutor - don't just rehash the facts of the case. WE have the burden, and the foundation has already been laid for your more specific questions. NEVER ask a question you don't know the answer to (unless it's at a prelim for discovery purposes). Poke holes, don't prop up the state's case. If it doesn't hurt the state's case, you shouldn't be asking the question

[rickspestcontrol]

I start most cross questions by boxing in the witness like this: "Do you accept that...[premise]" This solicits a yes / no answer and mitigates the possibility of the witness saying "that's not true" or going into a their own narrative.

For questions where you know the answer, use the 5 whiskeys and a Hotel strategy.... What, Where, When, Who, Why and How.

Never ask a question about a material fact which might solicit an answer you don't expect. * Some jurisdictions require a disputed fact to be challenged under cross; failing which the impunged fact is accepted.

Never ask the one question to many.... For example...
[Lawyer] Do you accept that you did not see the defendant bite off the victim's tongue?
[witness] Yes.
[Lawyer - with one question to many] "Well why do you say that the defendant did bite off the victims tongue if you didn't see that?"
[witness} I saw the defendant spit out the victims severed tongue."
The lawyer should have taken the win on the first answer and left it at that.

[onacolasante]

What's very useful here is the message that we have to have a GOAL when doing cross. You mentioned the elements of the crime. Now I see that if I keep the elements of the crime in mind while fashioning cross-examination questions, I can get to the goal by only asking questions that make the witness agree to elements of the crime. Before watching this, I was putting together questions that didn't work toward a goal, which would have been very confusing for the jury. Thank you!

[MatthewHarrisLawPLLC]

Great video! We call this method the "human-bobblehead" cross examination. All leading questions, and all answers should be yes.

[otises]

Very informative! New subbie. I was employing these techniques unconsciously last week but this helps me to have a plan I can execute at each trial.

[wolf-studio]

Wow! nice video. I am working on a mock trial right now and this video really helps my case!🙂🙂

[michaeloyaro]

Came across this quite late here, 0300 hrs, and quite grateful. This will definitely make me better. These are things you are never taught in school!

[emotionalsupportpaintbrush]

Just wanted to let u know in a counselor but have so enjoyed “lawtube” and wanted to more about law as a “hobby” and to better understand the legal system I live in. So thank u for your videos

[byekwasoabdallah]

U hav won urself a follower this is so educative to me as a law student at the bar course 🤝

[ThatOddLlama]

Keep up the great content man, you should make a video on how to do closing statements, as I loved the way you broke down how to make opening statements and would love it if you did something similar for closing statements

[TheMoonRain]

Great video. Thank you for the eye opener. I'm pro se and going to use this on the defendant.

[thecloudiestsky]

Wow, thanks so much for this video! I'm a middle school student doing my first mock trial as the direct and cross examiner for the case People v. Woodson. I've been struggling to find where to start, since I have absolutely no idea what the witness is going to say on the direct and what their case theory is. Thanks for giving me a new way to think about this stuff!

[thedalj]

can you do a video of how a defendent can own the prosecution?

[starlick]

I didint take law but i real like this facult

[angusg]

Is a defendant obliged to submit to cross examination?

[thedwarvendispatch]

I went to the link and entered my email address. Where is the free objections download?

[JayneCarver-fwjz]

Do you have a video about questioning your client and the supposed victim where you're confident your client is being falsely accused?

[Azsxdcfv]

very useful!!!! than my school lectures!