leading questions in cross examination

• Michael Peak v. Patti Webb, (6th Cir. 2012)

... courtroom and available to testify and be (cross-) examined. In fact, four such fairminded justices.... After direct examination of Bearden, Peak's attorney moved for severance an... testimony or answers to open-ended questions than they were to exempt answers to detailed inter...The defendant can, for example, employ leading questions in questioning a hostile witness on dire...

• Federal Circuits

• Rep. Scott Garrett Holds a Hearing On the Sec Budget

...MEREDITH CROSS, DIRECTOR, DIVISIO... OFFICE OF COMPLIANCE INSPECTIONS AND EXAMINATIONS, SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSIO... panel for your statements followed by questions. So I will -- breakfast has just been served. I wi... and in the interest of the United States; leading and administering the commission initiatives with ...

• Political Transcript Wire
• March 21, 2011

• Chambers v. Mississippi, 410 U.S. 284 (1973)

... because petitioner was not allowed to (1) cross-examine McDonald (whom petitioner had called as a ... prevented petitioner, through cross-examination of McDonald, from exploring the circumstances of M...In response to questions from Chambers' attorneys, McDonald affirmed that h... and permitting the Defendant to propound leading questions as on cross-examination. "4th, the Cour...

• U.S. Supreme Court

• Equal standing in the global community.

... us a global community marked by extensive cross-border interaction. Global interaction is by no me... set of issues first, some relevant questions are the following. What form would that community ... view in the first place, such as those leading to relations of dominance and marginalization. Thi...This account offers a more nuanced examination of the wrongfulness of inequality in inviting us t...

• The Monist
• Vol. 94 Nbr. 4, October 2011

• Patton v. Yount, 467 U.S. 1025 (1984)

... and during an extensive voir dire examination of potential jurors at the second trial in 1970, r...Instead he relied upon cross-examination and character witnesses in an attempt ...Dowd, supra. That decision, a leading one at the time, held that adverse pretrial public... the trial court's resolution of these questions. First, the determination has been made only after...

• U.S. Supreme Court

• Cross-Examination by the Numbers

The best cross-examinations successfully bring together three elements: control, content, and tone.3 Control is achieved through the use of tightly worded leading questions that place the advocate at center stage.4 Short, single idea statements intended to provoke "yes" answers from the witness, ensure maximum control.5 Content, always tied to the counsel's theme and theory of the case, has some flexibility but never wanders off into uncharted territory.6 The key is to organize the crossexamination into "attack points" which are "concise statements that characterize a significant element of the argument" to be made about the witness during closing argument.7 Finally, the tone of the examination should be confident, polite and nonthreatening.8 "S+S=C" and Cross-Examination To be able to ...

• Army Lawyer, The
• Nbr. 10/2007, October 2007

• Ohio v. Roberts, 448 U.S. 56 (1980)

... witness declared hostile or to place her on cross-examination. At respondent's subsequent criminal t...His questioning, which was replete with leading questions, clearly partook of cross-examination as...

• U.S. Supreme Court

• Gender differences in entrepreneurs' perceived problems, profits and plans.

... study, participants were asked questions regarding particular problems they had experienced... very large sample size is an advantage leading to greater confidence in the results of the study....Bellingham WA: Center for Cross-Cultural Research, Western Washington University. ... of Israeli women entrepreneurs: An examination of alternative perspectives. Babson College, Bosto...

• International Journal of Entrepreneurship
• Nbr. 15, January 2011

• Alpha Display Paging, Inc., Appellant, v. Motorola Communications and Electronics, Inc.; Motorola, Inc., Appellees., 867 F.2d 1168 (8th Cir. 1989)

...'s Subchapter S tax status, and allowing cross-examination of Alpha's expert concerning his alleg... conduct; (3) allowing Motorola to use leading questions in the cross-examination of one of its e...

• Federal Circuits

• How sales personnel view the relationship between job satisfaction and spirituality in the workplace.

.... RESEARCH QUESTIONS . The study addresses the following research quest... culture, drawn from a list of 200 leading companies. Researchers in this study not only foun... limitations and the study is conducted as a cross-sectional study and can, therefore, not establish ... business degree graduate students--An examination of spiritual experiences and psychological attitud...

• Journal of Organizational Culture, Communications and Conflict
• Vol. 15 Nbr. 2, July 2011