 Direct Examination
Gerry Spence on Direct Examination: "Telling Our Story Through Witnesses--Direct Examination," in Gerry Spence, Win Your Case 149-167 (New York: St. Martin's Press, 2005)
 "Our story has already been told to the jury in the opening. The order of our witnesses should complement that." [Spence, Win Your Case, at 165] ["In our opening statement we have told our story. The complete story. Now we're here to prove it." Id. at 149] "The direct examination is also storytelling--telling the story through the lips of the witness. Our job is to help the witness tell the part of the story the witness knows. Id.
Direct Examination
Persuasive Storytelling Using Direct Examination
[Soloman, Rothbart, Goodman, LLP, Toronto]
The Storytelling Method of Direct
[The Wisconsin Defender]
Direct Examination
[Glenn R. Gaffney, DCBA Brief] Direct Examination in Criminal Cases
[Ray Moses, Center for Criminal Justice Advocacy]
Direct Examination
[Illinois Trial Practice Weblog]
Irving Younger's 10 Commandments of Cross-Examination
[Irving Younger is a legendary evidence professor]
Direct Examination: The Sponsorship Theory
[Trial Lawyer Resource Center] Leading Questions During Cross Examination
[law review article]
Direct Examination
[Winning Trial Advocacy Techniques blog]
Cross-examination is Good Theater...But Direct Exams Win Trials
[Brian Moriatry, Massachusetts Lawyer]
Ten Do's of Direct Examination
[Law Offices of Hubbard and Kurtz, L.L.P.]
"What Happened Next?" Direct Examination Question
[The Maryland Injury Lawyer Blog]
Direct Examination and Cross-Examination of a Police Detective
[Testimony of Mark Fuhrman, LAPD, O.J. Simpson Trial, 1995]
[Mark Fuhrman--Wikipedia]
Cross-Examination of a Witness in the Nuremberg Trial
[youTube.com]
Bibliography
Michael E. Tigar, Examining Witnesses (Chicago: American Bar Association, 2nd ed., 2004)
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