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Court Transcripts
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These are things people actually said in court, word for word,
taken down and now published by court reporters that had the torment of staying
calm while these exchanges were actually taking place.
Q: Are you
sexually active?
A: No, I just lie
there.
Q: What is your
date of birth?
A: July 15th.
Q: What year?
A: Every year.
Q: What gear were
you in at the moment of the impact?
A: Gucci sweats
and Reeboks.
Q: This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all?
A: Yes.
Q: And in what
ways does it affect your memory?
A: I forget.
Q: You forget?
Can you give us an example of something that you've forgotten?
Q: How old is
your son, the one living with you?
A: Thirty-eight
or thirty-five, I can't remember which.
Q: How long has
he lived with you?
A: Forty-five
years.
Q: What was the
first thing your husband said to you when he woke up that morning?
A: He said,
"Where am I, Cathy?"
Q: And why did
that upset you?
A: My name is
Susan.
Q: Do you know if
your daughter has ever been involved in voodoo or the occult?
A: We both do.
Q: Voodoo?
A: We do.
Q: You do?
A: Yes, voodoo.
Q: Now doctor,
isn't it true that when a person dies in his sleep, he doesn't know about it
until the next morning?
A: Did you
actually pass the bar exam?
Q: The youngest
son, the twenty-year-old, how old is he?
Q: Were you
present when your picture was taken?
Q: So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?
A: Yes.
Q: And what were
you doing at that time?
Q: She had three children, right?
A: Yes.
Q: How many were
boys?
A: None.
Q: Were there any
girls?
Q: How was your first marriage terminated?
A: By death.
Q: And by whose
death was it terminated?
Q: Can you describe the individual?
A: He was about
medium height and had a beard.
Q: Was this a
male, or a female?
Q: Is your appearance
here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your
attorney?
A: No, this is
how I dress when I go to work.
Q: Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on dead people?
A: All my
autopsies are performed on dead people.
Q: ALL your
responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go to?
A: Oral.
Q: Do you recall
the time that you examined the body?
A: The autopsy
started around
Q: And Mr. Dennington was dead at the time?
A: No, he was
sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy.
Q: Are you qualified to give
a urine sample?
Q: Doctor, before
you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
A: No.
Q: Did you check
for blood pressure?
A: No.
Q: Did you check
for breathing?
A: No.
Q: So, then it is
possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?
A: No.
Q: How can you be
so sure, Doctor?
A: Because his
brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
Q: But could the
patient have still been alive, nevertheless?
A: Yes, it is
possible that he could have been alive and practicing law somewhere.
Defendant: Judge, I want you to appoint
me another lawyer.
Judge: And why is that?
Defendant: Because the public defender
isn’t interested in my case.
Judge (to public defender): Do you have
any comments on your defendant’s motion?
Public defender: I’m sorry, Your Honor. I wasn’t
listening.
Q: Tell us your full name, please.
A: Mine?
Q: Yes, sir.
A: ***-5879
Q: Mr. Daniels, do you have problems
hearing?
A: Not really.
Q: Where do you live?
A: Pardon?