Things actually said in court, word for word...
Q:
What is your date of birth?
A:
July fifteenth.
Q:
What year?
A:
Every year.
Q:
What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?
A:
Gucci sweats and Reeboks.
Q:
This myasthenia gravis-Does it affect your memory at all?
A:
Yes.
Q:
And in what ways does it affect your memory?
A:
I forget.
Q:
You forget. Can you give us an example of something that you've forgotten?
Q:
How old is your son - the one living with you.
A:
Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can't remember which.
Q:
How long has he lived with you?
A:
Forty-five years.
Q:
And where was the location of the accident?
A:
Approximately milepost 499.
Q:
And where is milepost 499?
A:
Probably between milepost 498 and 500.
Q:
Do you know if your daughter has ever been involved in the voodoo or occult?
A:
We both do.
Q:
Voodoo?
A:
We do.
Q:
You do?
A:
Yes, voodoo.
Q:
Trooper, when you stopped the defendant, were your red and blue lights flashing?
A:
Yes.
Q:
Did the defendant say anything when she got out of her car?
A:
Yes, sir.
Q:
What did she say?
A:
What disco am I at?
Q:
Were you present when your picture was taken?
Q:
Did he kill you?
Q:
How far apart were the vehicles at the time of the collision?
Q:
You were there until the time you left, is that true?
Q:
How many times have you committed suicide?
Q:
So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?
A:
Yes.
Q:
And what were you doing at that time?
Q:
You say the stairs went down to the basement?
A:
Yes.
Q:
And these stairs, did they go up also?
Q:
Can you describe the individual?
A:
He was about medium height and had a beard.
Q:
Was this a male, or a female?
Q:
Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney?
A:
No, this is how I dress when I go to work.
Q:
Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on dead people?
A:
All my autopsies are performed on dead people.
Q:
All your responses must be oral, OK? What school did you go to?
A:
Oral.
Q:
Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
A:
The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.
Q:
And Mr. Dennington was dead at the time?
A:
No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy.
Q:
Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
A:
No.
Q:
Did you check for blood pressure?
A:
No.
Q:
Did you check for breathing?
A:
No.
Q:
So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began the autopsy?
A:
No.
Q:
How can you be so sure, Doctor?
A:
Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
Q:
But could the patient have still been alive nevertheless?
A:
It is possible that he could have been alive and practising law somewhere.
Q:
You were not shot in the fracas?
A:
No, I was shot midway between the fracas and the navel.
LAWYER:
Did you ever sleep with him in New York?
WITNESS:
I refuse to answer that question.
LAWYER:
Did you ever sleep with him in Chicago?
WITNESS:
I refuse to answer that question.
LAWYER:
Did you ever sleep with him in Miami?
WITNESS:
No.
LAWYER:
So, after the anaesthetic, when you came out of it, what did you observe with respect to your scalp?
WITNESS:
I didn't see my scalp the whole time I was in the hospital.
LAWYER:
It was covered?
WITNESS:
Yes. Bandaged.
LAWYER:
Then, later on, what did you see?
WITNESS:
I had a skin graft. My whole buttocks and leg were removed and put on top of my head.
CLERK:
Please repeat after me: "I swear by Almighty God..."
WITNESS:
"I swear by Almighty God."
CLERK:
"That the evidence that I give..."
WITNESS:
That's right.
CLERK:
Repeat it.
WITNESS:
"Repeat it".
CLERK:
No! Repeat what I said.
WITNESS:
What you said when?
CLERK:
"That the evidence that I give..."
WITNESS:
"That the evidence that I give."
CLERK:
"Shall be the truth and..."
WITNESS:
It will, and nothing but the truth!
CLERK:
Please, just repeat after me: "Shall be the truth and..."
WITNESS:
I'm not a scholar, you know.
CLERK:
We can appreciate that. Just repeat after me: "Shall be the truth and..."
WITNESS:
"Shall be the truth and."
CLERK:
Say: "Nothing...".
WITNESS:
Okay. (Witness remains silent.)
CLERK:
No! Don't say nothing. Say: "Nothing but the truth..."
WITNESS:
Yes.
CLERK:
Can't you say: "Nothing but the truth..."?
WITNESS:
Yes.
CLERK:
Well? Do so.
WITNESS:
You're confusing me.
CLERK:
Just say: "Nothing but the truth...".
CLERK:
Yes.
WITNESS:
Okay. I understand.
CLERK:
Then say it.
WITNESS:
What?
CLERK:
"Nothing but the truth..."
WITNESS:
But I do! That's just it.
CLERK:
You must say: "Nothing but the truth..."
WITNESS:
I WILL say nothing but the truth!
CLERK:
Please, just repeat these four words: "Nothing", "But", "The", "Truth".
WITNESS:
What? You mean, like, now?
CLERK:
Yes! Now. Please. Just say those four words.
WITNESS:
"Nothing. But. The. Truth."
CLERK:
Thank you.
WITNESS:
I'm just not a scholar.
LAWYER:
On the morning of July 25th, did you walk from the farmhouse down the footpath to the cow-shed?
WITNESS:
I did.
LAWYER:
And as a result, you passed within a few yards of the duck pond?
WITNESS:
I did.
LAWYER:
And did you observe anything?
WITNESS:
I did.(Witness remains silent.)
LAWYER:
Well, could you tell the Court what you saw?
WITNESS:
I saw George.
LAWYER:
You saw George *******, the defendant in this case?
WITNESS:
Yes.
LAWYER:
Can you tell the Court what George ******* was doing?
WITNESS:
Yes. (Witness remains silent.)
LAWYER:
Well, would you kindly do so?
WITNESS:
He had his thing stuck into one of the ducks.
LAWYER:
His "thing"?
WITNESS:
You know... His thing. His di... I mean, his penis.
LAWYER:
You passed close by the duck pond, the light was good, you were sober, you have good eyesight, and you saw this clearly?
WITNESS:
Yes.
LAWYER:
Did you say anything to him?
WITNESS:
Of course I did!
LAWYER:
What did you say to him?
WITNESS:
"Morning, George"