Summary 1. Perform Case Analysis. Clear objectives and purpose for every set of questions 2. Control techniques on difficult witness, who won’t back down to get them controlled like *Raise your hands*, "Ma'am did you understand my questions?" "let me ask me again" "that's not my question" 3. Impeach witness by using details 4. Use witness own words to question.Their prior statements 5.We use cross-examination to a. Highlight a fact - strengthen or weaken credibility of witnesses b.Introduce a fact 6. Lead one fact per question. When you ask last questions, Judge/Jury should know what they will answer. 7.Use taglines. - Use statements as question - "you walked out of door(?)" 8.Leading questions gives you control. Dont make it open minded like examination-in-chief. 9. Use logical progression. like you are climbing a stair to open a door. 10. Become centre of attention in courtroom not witness. 11. Move. look at judge too 12. Tone matters. Be polite, not a bully. Unless witness behaviour makes you rude. -AB

I am glad that it helps. Remember to focus on the answer that you get before asking your next question. Sometimes when you listen carefully you will find something unexpected that helps your position.

1. Press on the witness by shouting "HOLD IT!" to get more information 2. Find a contradiction 3. Yell "OBJECTION!" at the top of your lungs and point it out 4. Present evidence 5. If the evidence is wrong, the music will keep going 6. Avoid any whips, coffe mugs and blades being thrown your way by the prosecutors 7. Repeat the process when the witness makes a new testimony

@mayyoutubebeannihilated

10 жыл бұрын

OBJECTION! You forgot to mention avoiding various projectiles from the witnesses, like wigs. Damn it, Sahwit. That really hurt.

@phoenixfirex

10 жыл бұрын

Strasz HOLD IT! Don't forget about Infinite Ammo Birdseeds...

@mayyoutubebeannihilated

10 жыл бұрын

phoenixfirex "various projectiles"

@UdgeyAndrewsAO

10 жыл бұрын

5a. If this happens to you, just restart your DS and restart from your last save until you get it right.

@LonkiDonki

10 жыл бұрын

There should be a section on "How to take physical abuse from prosecutors"

Holy crap, I was freaking out, I've got my first mock trial tomorrow! I've got everything all worked out, but I felt like I needed some extra help lol and this helped soooo much! Thank you ^.^

@dgkman5310

4 жыл бұрын

Did you become a lawyer?

@fasogeeek

4 жыл бұрын

@@dgkman5310 lol was gonna ask too

@gordonburrell413

3 жыл бұрын

What happened

@liavhanegbi2729

3 жыл бұрын

Ayo update

@officialmarkangelo

Жыл бұрын

Any updates?

First things first. I would KILL to have a voice like this! Second, great video! Third, I would also add that pacing is one of the most important elements to a great cross examination. If you can strategically speed up your cross with bullet-point questions, then you can really control the witness and capture the jury's attention.

I have an unlawful detainer trial tomorrow and this is GREAT info. Charles Rose so professional and strong.

Simply the BEST, if you are going Pro-se then pay attention ( I am doing it because no attorney will take my case), his every word is a piece of GOLD.

Thank you, needed to hear this video, preparing to defend my cat in civil case in just 8 weeks, with no law experience. Defendant's lawyer changed it from my filed small claims case to a civil case.

@amiruliddin5773

3 жыл бұрын

What did your cat do?

loud and clear, lucid and instructive. this is great.

not from your jurisdiction but one of the best guides I found on youtube

Wow I have to do Cross examinations in my Trial Courts class tomorrow and Listening to the 7 steps and the effectiveness of the cross examinations from him really helped. I struggle with the class in general but watching his tutorials and those cases he critiques after really helps understand more. I had direct exam the other day and nailed it thank to him. Hes great.

This video, in my view, properly explained some of the relevant and important aspects when it comes to cross-examination. I must say, from my watching of this video, I have learned more. A good video for anyone interested in courtroom advocacy. Thank You, Prof. Charles.

Thanks. I am representing myself in municipal court is a few weeks - this gives me even more confidence in my case. The only negative is that I will get ready to go and then the city concedes (happened twice before) and the case is dismissed - I never get to use my amateur lawyer skills.

Well said. I'm getting ready for trial that is in 3 months, and I want to make sure all the truth is revealed. Thank you for your videos.

That was an excellent teaching tool. Really explains the most important aspects of cross examination"

Thank you so much Professor Rose! Your videos are such a great help to me, a law student. It would be such an honor to sit in on your class someday.

Thanks! I am cross examining for a mock trial in school. This is helpful!

Best guideline I've seen! Very interesting.

I appreciate your effort to guide the novice

Good advice from a skilled and knowledgeable trial attorney

I have to cross in my mock trial in 2 week and this really really helped!!!!

You can't say that passion must have anger to express it or that it's more effective when exposure doesn't desensitize us out of noticing it. Atticus speaks softly and the whispers 'in Gods name do your duty...' He's disgusted like Martinez was but seems to hold out for a miracle anyway. Thank you Mr Rose.

By far!! One of my best cross videos.. ( statement)

I liked and learned from you not only this video but also another. Very good explanation.

Thank you, Professor . Rose. Please come back with your new video

This was super helpful. Thank you!

Extremely helpful!...much appreciated!

Thank you very much, this has been very helpful to me.

This is great! Thank you so much!!

My major concern at trial as a witness or as victim is to remember everything specially if there are so many events. Unless they ask me as leading question, but if the Judge asks me tell everything happened to you for the last 20 years they abused you, ask me to tell a story of the events. You start talking and then you forget some events, dates or mix up the dates and then remember later after you left court. For me to remember everything I have to write down making a list, they did this to me, they did this and that, and so on, and takes hours and even days and I still can forget some events, and only another time I remember. I guess I have to put all the pieces daily whenever I remember, but still you can't take with you the pages you wrote.

Lawyers are just operating on a whole other level. Wow!

a great video! Honestly it is so helpful.

Muchas, muchas gracias for the information.

Great video professor.

This helped a lot! I have my first mock trial tomorrow, and now I know what to do.

@justmagss988

6 жыл бұрын

im here for mock trial too lmfao

@shayyo4908

5 жыл бұрын

@@justmagss988 Lol me too.

@oliviab1049

3 жыл бұрын

Me three

I am a pro se Plaintiff going into a legal malpractice bench trial. I love your videos and I will update you on how it works.

@loro1rojo

3 жыл бұрын

You lose?

Very very good information. fascinating stuff.

Glad that you enjoyed it.

@pkmntrainerred4247

3 жыл бұрын

Can these tips be helpful if your focus is more on finding the truth behind the crime instead of winning, sir? also, are there any tips for the kind of perspective I have on doing a case? also, have you ever played ace attorney? (ok, don't answer this one if you don't want to, sir, but the other 2 are important to me, as I want to be a prosecutor who focuses on finding the truth instead of only convictions)

This guy nails it dead cold.

Thank you this will help me with my mock trial.

@clairegardner1510

7 жыл бұрын

Same :)

@micahcarter8852

6 жыл бұрын

Im using this right now for mock! : )

@justmagss988

6 жыл бұрын

glad im not the only mocker here

@SethML-cy1wx

5 жыл бұрын

Same here

@nasibalkarmi

5 жыл бұрын

Same

As a retired LEO I have been cross examined by some of the best defense attorneys in my state. I quit listening when you broke your own rule about being courteous. When you observed the witness looking at the jury when answering a question, a very good strategy I might add, because it connects you to the jury. Make eye contact with each and every one. Smile at the ones who are frowning. You stop and say is it not polite to look at the person asking you the question? At that point any AUSA worth their salt would stand up and object due to relevancy. Any problems an attorney has with a witness should be addressed to the bench not the witness. Yes, I know you try to get away with as much as you can. No to the rest of my point. You say you turn away from the person you are speaking to and ask your question to the witness to the jury. Now is that not just as rude? Of course not. You are a defense attorney. You want it both ways.

Good luck with it!

@compound32

9 жыл бұрын

Charles Rose I am having problems with interrogating the witnesses. I have to write these depositions and they feel like they'd be incriminating the people they withhold to protect and I want to know how to get around that.

@CharlesRoseIII

9 жыл бұрын

compound32 How are you writing your depositions? There is an art to the structure that is important. You might wan to think about the overall structure and the individual pieces too. I've got a couple of depo examples on the site that might help. If you haven't checked those out take a look at those too.

@compound32

9 жыл бұрын

Well I ask the question and the witness gives me, some, information. However, I have already looked over the memo (which had information about my witness's purpose). I ask a couple of questions and I certain methods to extract information. I'll take a look, thank you.

@lamarblessed4453

8 жыл бұрын

my teacher gave me a h/w on this u must be one of her favorite person to show cross examination keep up the work

Thank you so much sir.

This is a very helpful video. I am a prosecutor in South Africa, a country with many indigenous languages which means most of the time witnesses speak through interpreters. The problem is that the questions are also translated and unfortunately the interpreters do not translate the question in leading form or in the same tone as the questioner is putting it. The witness is therefore quite difficult to control in cross examination. I may for instance put the question in the form of the following statement: "You were only two person in the vehicle, correct?" but it then gets translated as "How many persons were in the vehicle?" by the interpreter. Is this a problem that is encountered frequently in America? (I assume it isn't) I also have another question Prof Rose; what is the best way to disguise the line of questioning so that the witness does not see where you are going with it (so that they cannot prepare to counter your tactic)? Is there a straight answer to this or does it simply differ from trial to trial?

Very interesting video you have there Sir, Young lawyers and even common people will learn a lot from this video. Do you have more videos to share with us?

Very helpful indeed

Very helpful. Thanks.

They fear it because they either don't understand the way to approach it from an organizational perspective, or because they don't understand how to work the human connections that are intrinsic to the process.

@RRlifechanel

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your explanation. It really helps me..

The art of language... Brilliant skills, not sure how to get there...

Love this guy. It's so smart and thoughtful. Manipulative? I think he's saying that cross has to be. I'd like to be represented by someone who won't let the other side's witness reiterate detrimental testimony or underscore its negative effect on my case. Everyone thought Martinez was brilliant. I think he had pretty good material to work with from the start, and I'd love to imagine what a temperament like this could bolster as opposed to watching an angry examiner get more rattled by a smug liar. Even though. passion is good (I guess) isn't it better to store some up instead of releasing more or even the same on each question. For example it just came to mind how long the cross exam was on the gas cans and how we got it a lot sooner and long before Martinez refused to leave the subject as if he was privately scrapping with this little monster and he'd be damned if he didn't get her to surrender before moving on. I think that's what it was - there were many times when it felt like he had forgotten about everyone else including the jury, and the only thing that mattered was winning a fight with someone who isn't worth trying to win against because she's nuts anyway so a victory over a nut job matters less than walking away while human beings for sure know you've won. I'm not dissing Juan Martinez at all -- I've never seen so much patience and persistence. I just wish j could have noticed the big stuff more by seeing less important examples of Jodi the liar. I'd love to go to law school if only to listen to someone as fascinating - I've always found courtrooms thrilling even as a little kid preferring the book over the movie, To Kill A Mockingbird, primarily because I could read Atticus' closing remarks to the jury over and over again to absorb its brilliance. Possibly prior to home access and the ability to rewind .... But it's still something I remember that put me in awe of a great lawyer and how much we need them in a system where 'better a thousand guilty men go free than one innocent man be be found guilty' . Thanks for this material.

thanks i need this information to corner exwife in court

It's my dream to be a lawyer and I haven't even done my GCSEs yet but I wanna be as prepared and informed as possible 😂👏👏👏thanks for the video

@wakilinathannjoroge835

4 жыл бұрын

The fact that you're watching this now tells me how passionate you are about it. Go for it champ

Amazing.

Charlie Rose 🌹 El Inquisitor

“Excuse me have you been coached?” “Yes sir, back in 2002 during my courtroom testimony training block in the police academy by former prosecutor Lt Welch of Dayton PD....also Charlie Rose on YT 😉” as I continue to look at the jury...because they are the ones who I care about receiving the message I’m sending. Also, sometimes I’ll dab right in the middle of an answer just to throw everyone off! 🤣 But seriously, this was a great tutorial video!

Excellent sir

Great lecture. Now, off to laboratory.

Oh? I just find the contradiction in the testimony by checking the court record and also shouting hold it for more info

@djpurplefoxsdeadchannel

3 жыл бұрын

Correct

*Looks up to the right*

I'm starting law course now after my engineering..

This guy was born to be a lawyer

Sir I want to prepare my cross examination on criminal breach of trust...m from complainant side...I want to do it perfect

Can a Plaintif's lawyer call for a cross examination to the defendant?

Wow, when i looked at his eyes it made me nervous. I felt he was reading my thoughts.

The basic aim of cross examination is to show the witness is telling lie.is it true?

Very nice

leading the witness tends to get an objection tho right?

Hi, im a 15 year old and i am extremely interested in law. I have greatly considered becoming a lawyer as my future career. I have viewed multiple videos of cross examinations, although i would like to learn more about the steps of a court case as i only briefly understand the concepts. If there is anyone that could provide a link to a video or website that explains the steps or 'parts', to be informal, of a court and the steps that are taken to prepare. Thank you.

@BullinXX

8 жыл бұрын

I would look up Mock Trial court cases. Those should give you a good idea of how court cases go. Also, when you get to high school, if you aren't already there, check to see if they have a Mock Trial program.

@Bruss813

6 жыл бұрын

You're probably still in high school so just enjoy courtroom dramas. When you get to college join the mock trial team. Your position on the team will likely be a witness, but during that time you will learn a ton from law school professors and real attorneys. As you get better then you'll become an advocate, if you never get to be an advocate dont worry. You'll still know more about putting on a trial than your peers when you apply and enroll in law school. Good Luck!

@6:40 gangster mode activated...

A real Good lawyer will never share his Strategy in public. He might be doing better in you tube than the court

@aguilayserpiente

5 жыл бұрын

Trial advocacy is a course in law school. El litigio en la corte es una clase en la escuela de derecho.

holding the video progress bar (bottom red line) and pulling it to the end of the video slowly makes the video look like an Eminem music video. Am I the only one who thought of that?

Can the defence attorney be as rude with the crown's witness?

Can someone sum up the 7 points ?

@alysononoahu8702

6 жыл бұрын

W A ...jeeez... You do it

Nice information #smartelawyer

O porque no ablas de todo losdoc qué borraste con aqeida

Hi, I`m Brazilian, I`d like to study Cross Examintaion, can You introduce me Where can I Learn in USA ?

When you are making statements in the form of leading, aren't you testiifying?

wow he is good! I wouldn't want to be crossed by him lol

He wouldn't want me on the jury! I get annoyed and agitated when I see videos on YT showing attorneys pulling this crap.

9:33

counselor...you are asking the question...but the answer is for the jury. so I would like to make sure that the jury hears my answer. You do want the jury to hear my answer dont you?

8:18

Awesome information for a student or someone that will be going to court. But if I caught my lawyer watching KZread videos for self improvement, he'd be fired. LOL

@antonpetrovichkoch

5 жыл бұрын

That's silly. All lawyers must keep learning! Only fire your lawyer if they think they know everything.

@antonpetrovichkoch

5 жыл бұрын

@@chrismurphy5280 or hers

next time put autocue next to the cam!

Oh, yes, be very careful about leading. Some horses won't follow. You: You got up that morning. Notice no question mark. That was a statement not a question. Witnesses are sworn to answer questions. Remember that kids when you get in a courtroom. Me. Silence. You: Well, did you not understand my question? Me: I did not understand your question. Could you please repeat it? Also remember this, all the people you cross examine will not be Casper Milktoast. Some will be very experienced in being cross examined. Not their first rodeo so to speak. Don't stick to your script. those seps may well work on a liar, but nothing works when the truth is being told.

Did you get out of the car and go into the store? No Scotty Beamed into the store. How about asking "Did you use Gravity this morning after getting out of Bed"? Well as long as we're belaboring the obvious,why not?

@antonpetrovichkoch

5 жыл бұрын

Not if the witness doesn't agree with how the obvious happened.

Know no exckius fronte tour estoy mi acaba no métese él yitulo que tienes no me des escusas todo no es como estas acostrunbrado no soy tu edclsvo ni tu pura

who here came from ace attorney?

criminals should watch this lmao

Why is it called a "cross examination" anyway? Examining the cross? "You got out of the car." Is there supposed to be a question in there somewhere?? Lol.

Why do lawyers fear cross examination so much?

@jituburman1527

5 жыл бұрын

The bottom line is a cross examination can never be good one if not having thorough knowledge on the case and probable answer one may expect against a question from a witness... Finally, to beat with the flaws being left by witness after each jerk. .

what a bully!

You lose

The same so called art of cross examination is used by manipulative advocate as a weapon against innocent persons.

Dont put words in my mouth