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LOGGER'S SHEET LOGGER: Valerie McGhee REEL NUMBER: 1 B STAGE: Am. Trial Lawyers DATE: 7/3/86 PRESENTOR: Ed Stein GROUP NAME: REGION/STYLE: Direct and Cross Exam - Cocaine Case PERFORMER(S) INSTRUMENT/OCCUPATION Jim Carrigan Presiding Judge Laura Hobson Witness John Tierney Prosecutor Michael Tigar Defense Lawyer CONTENTS 1. Intro to [[strikethrough]] cros [[/strikethrough]] criminal case - Stein 2. Discussion of gov. tactics vis-a-vis witness - Tierney 3. Direct exam of witness- Tierney. Hobson 4. Comments from presentor & defense attorney on tactics to discredit witness 5. Cross Exam by Tigar 6. Pros. comments on re-direct. Because defense ended on 7. witness answering she had lied, pros. will need to re-establish credibility of witness. 8. Defense- explains what he was trying to tell the 9. jury through his type of questions, body lang., etc. 10. Judge- explains direct & cross exam - leading ?'s', 11. comments on "use of courtroom" to get his points across. 12. Presentor - info in a different light- "art of 13. cross-exam. Pros. commented on "embracing the witness" - because she has to bargain w/govt, pros. needs to be careful Questions from audience changed tape