Disorder in the court

>
> These are from a book called Disorder in the Court,
> and are things people actually said in court, word
> for word, taken down and now published by court
> reporters - who had the torment of staying calm
> while these exchanges were actually taking place.
>
> Q: Are you sexually active?
> A: No, I just lie there.
>
> 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: What was the first thing your husband said to you
> when he woke up that morning?
> A: He said, "Where am I, Cathy?"
> Q: And why did that upset you?
> A: My name is Susan.
>
> Q: Do you know if your daughter has ever been
> involved in voodoo or the occult?
> A: We both do.
> Q: Voodoo?
> A: We do.
> Q: You do?
> A: Yes, voodoo.
>
> Q: Now doctor, isn't it true that when a person dies
> in his sleep, he doesn't know about it until the
> next morning?
>
> Q: The youngest son, the twenty-year old, how old is
> he?
>
> Q: Were you present when your picture was taken?
>
> Q: So the date of conception (of the baby) was
> August 8th?
> A: Yes.
> Q: And what were you doing at that time?
>
> Q: She had three children, right?
> A: Yes.
> Q: How many were boys?
> A: None.
> Q: Were there any girls?
>
> Q: How was your first marriage terminated?
> A: By death.
> Q: And by whose death was it terminated?
>
> 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: Are you qualified to give a urine sample?
>
> 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: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive
> and practicing law somewhere.
>