Cross-examination: how it is built
Cross-examination in a 30-second video
Video transcript
3 things worth knowing about cross-examination. Cross-examination is decided before the hearing: the affidavit is checked against all the evidence, and every contradiction becomes a question. The questions are closed, one fact per question, and you never ask a question to which you do not know the answer. When cross-examining the author of an expert opinion, the gaps lie in the underlying assumptions: what he relied on, and what he measured himself.
In brief
Cross-examination is decided before the hearing: the affidavit is checked against all the evidence, and every contradiction becomes a question. The questions are closed, one fact per question, and you never ask a question to which you do not know the answer. When cross-examining the author of an expert opinion, the gaps lie in the underlying assumptions: what he relied on and what he measured himself.
The full explanation: The Art of Cross-Examination. A good cross-examination is almost never dramatic. It is quiet and measured, and built so that the witness arrives on his own at the place we wanted to bring him.
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