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In law, cross-examination is the interrogation of a witness by one's opponent. It is preceded by direct examination (known as examination-in-chief in Ireland, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, South Africa, India and Pakistan) and may be followed by a redirect (known as re-examination in the aforementioned countries).
Browne v. Dunn (1893) 6 R. 67, H.L. is a famous British House of Lords decision on the rules of cross examination.From this case came the common law rule known as the "Browne v Dunn rule" or "The rule in Browne v Dunn".
An examiner may generally ask leading questions of a hostile witness or on cross-examination ("Will help to elicit the testimony of a witness who, due to age, incapacity, or limited intelligence, is having difficulty communicating their evidence" [3]), but not on direct examination (to "coach" the witness to provide a particular answer).
Holmes’ cross examination resumes next week. The 37-year-old's testimony is expected to weigh heavily on jurors' minds as they decide whether to convict her on 11 counts of criminal fraud, each ...
The Art of Cross-Examination is a classic text for trial attorneys and law students on how to cross-examine witnesses.Written by American attorney Francis L. Wellman, the book was first published in 1903 by The Macmillan Company, and was still in print more than 100 years later.
The task of the defense in cross-examination was, therefore, to so undermine Cohen’s credibility that they sowed reasonable doubt in the minds of at least one juror about the wider case.
Beyond the scope: a question asked during cross-examination must be within the scope of direct, and so on. Calls for a conclusion: the question asks for an opinion rather than facts. Calls for speculation: the question asks the witness to guess the answer rather than to rely on known facts. Compound question: multiple questions asked together.
Crawford v. Washington, 541 U.S. 36 (2004), is a landmark United States Supreme Court decision that reformulated the standard for determining when the admission of hearsay statements in criminal cases is permitted under the Confrontation Clause of the Sixth Amendment.