Cross-examination

• Author: Jonathan Dichter/Bruce Kapsack
• Pages: 219-266

CROSS-EXAMINATION

4-1

CHAPTER 4

CROSSEXAMINATION

I. INTRODUCTION

§4:01 Cross-Examination Is Your Testimony

§4:02 A Kinder, Gentler Approach to the Off‌icer

§4:03 Two Approaches to SFSTs

§4:04 Article: Baby Stepping a Cop into Saying your Client Is Sober

II. THE POLICE REPORT

§4:10 Lock the Off‌icer In

§4:11 Establish Bias

§4:12 The Supplemental Report

III. THE INITIAL CONTACTING OFFICER

§4:20 Goals

§4:21 Technical Stop (for Burned Out Lights, Expired Registration etc.)

§4:22 Driving Violation: Speeding

§4:23 Driving Violation: Illegal Turn

§4:24 Accident

§4:25 NHTSA Criteria

§4:26 The Stop

§4:27 Stop Set-Up

§4:28 Approach

§4:29 Pre-Exit Interview

IV. THE ARRESTING OFFICER

§4:40 Goals

§4:41 General Questioning

§4:42 Admission of Drinking

§4:43 The Exit

§4:44 SFSTs

§4:45 Preliminary Breath Tests

§4:46 The Arrest

§4:47 Drinking Pattern

§4:48 Transportation and Observation

§4:49 Strategy for Winning Refusal Cases without Defendant’s Testimony

§4:50 The ARIDE Off‌icer

CROSS-EXAMINATION

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V. THE BREATH TEST OPERATOR

§4:60 Goals

§4:61 Observation

§4:62 Accuracy

§4:63 Maintenance

VI. THE STATE’S EXPERT

§4:70 Goals

§4:71 Voir Dire

§4:72 Articles

§4:73 Science

§4:74 Henry’s Law

VII. BLOOD CASES

A. Background Information on Blood Testing

§4:80 In General

§4:81 Taking a Blood Sample

§4:82 Transporting and Storing a Blood Sample

§4:83 Testing of the Blood Sample

§4:84 Plasma vs. Whole Blood

B. Cross-Examination of Specif‌ic Witnesses

§4:90 The Witnesses

§4:91 The Phlebotomist

§4:92 The Off‌icer With Custody of the Blood Before Pick-Up and Delivery

§4:93 The Pick-Up and Delivery Person

§4:94 Login at the Lab

§4:95 The Analyst

VIII. DOCTORS

§4:100 Reluctance to Disagree With Other Doctors and Peer-Reviewed Articles

§4:101 Some Words About the AMA

§4:102 Sample Cross-Examination

IX. LAY WITNESSES

§4:110 Goals

§4:111 Sample Cross-Examination

X. CROSSEXAMINATION ETHICS

§4:120 Ethical Limitations of Cross-Examination

§4:121 The American Bar Association Model Rules of Professional Conduct

§4:122 Traditional Supreme Court Cases on Cross-Examination

XI. CROSSEXAMINATION, HEARSAY, AND THE CONFRONTATION CLAUSE

§4:130 Crawford and the Right to Confront

§4:131 What Is Testimonial

§4:132 Application to DUI Cases

CROSS-EXAMINATION

4-3 Cross-Examination §4:02

I. INTRODUCTION

§4:01 Cross-Examination Is Your Testimony

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§4:02 A Kinder, Gentler Approach to the Off‌icer

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