Friday, July 31, 2009

Case..help??

I am a high school student and am doing a mock trial for law 12. For the mock trial I am the defence lawyer. So, I need questions for direct examination for the following defece witness Dr. J. Tyrone. I will post Dr. J. Tyrone's part below. Please help me come up with questions. Thanks.





You are a neurophysiologist, a professor in the faculty of medicine at U.B.C., and a specialist in sleep disorders. You were a founding member of the Canadian Sleep society; you established the sleep disorders centre at the University Hospital in Vancouver; and you have written many learned articles on sleep disorders. You were asked by his lawyers to assess Michael Hudson. You have interviewed him extensively and have performed or supervised many clinical tests. You were initially very skeptical when it was suggested that Michael Hudson might have been sleepwalking when he attacked Margaret and Jack Willis. But you have concluded that he indeed was.





The case continues below with details.

Case..help??
This is like the fourth scenario you've posted. With everyone else doing your "homework", what are you really getting out of Law 12?
Reply:First you ask a few questions to allow Dr Tyrone to establish his credentials - this establishes his credibility as an expert witness. Next, you ask questions to establish that he personally examined Michael extensively, and you ask about the tests he performed on Michael - this establishes his credibility as a witness for this specific case. Then, you ask him to state the results of his tests, the conclusions he reached from these results, and his reasoning for those conclusions.


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