Cross-examination is the stuff of drama in fictional courtroom depictions. The savvy lawyer taking on a hostile witness on the stand—these are the moments TV and movie audiences live for. However, the ...

Judge Amy Hanley says the goal of cross-examination is to maintain control of the witness and as the examining attorney much of the power to do that is in your hands. "You have a witness who has been ...

As every trial attorney knows, there are many strategies for cross examining a witness. Among the most effective is confronting a witness with their previous deposition testimony. Nothing beats an ...

Q: I am being called as a witness in a criminal case. This is because I was at a restaurant when two guys got into it. I saw first hand what happened. One of them initiated it and wound up knocked out ...

The examination of a witness on cross is designed to evince doubt as to the truthfulness of the witness's testimony, particularly with respect to issues at the center of the case. Generally, questions ...

The cross-examination this week of Stormy Daniels at the New York criminal trial of Donald Trump has been called “aggressive,” and “heated.” Which it was. But that’s what cross-examination is.

Details of Donald Trump's attorney Alina Habba's heated cross-examination of Michael Cohen in a New York court have emerged online, showing how the attorney put pressure on the key witness in the ...