Relentless Criminal Cross Examination (Revision 5)

A criminal trial is too important to just "wing it" and hope your witnesses are more believable than the prosecution's. You have to have a strategy. Relentless Criminal Cross-Examination gives you that strategy and shows you how to implement it: First, use your opening statement to outline the weaknesses you will expose in the government’s case. Second, demonstrate to the jury, through focused cross-examination, that the facts are more in accord with your opening remarks than with the prosecutor’s. Third, use your closing argument to arm jurors with the tools they need to deliver a favorable verdict for your client.

Relentless Criminal Cross-Examination teaches you proven techniques you can use to cross-examine police officers and detectives; informants and accomplices; eyewitnesses; expert witnesses; and alleged victims. The pattern cross-examinations cover a broad array of crimes and situations, including crimes of violence, sex offenses, and DWI, as well as police encounters, arrests and motions to suppress. All of these materials are supported by insights and practice tips gleaned from author Kevin Mahoney's 20+ years in the courtroom.

The Sixth Edition brings you more of what you have come to expect from this one-of-a-kind legal practice guide. The highlights include:

• Sample cross of a narcotics detective re: reliance on confidential informants; no probable cause to arrest.
• Sample cross of the arresting officer re: arrest of a foreign-born suspect; no probable cause to arrest.
• Sample cross of the detective who obtained a "confession": challenging the impact of defendant’s statement when defendant makes no admission.
• Sample cross of alleged rape victim re: failure to obtain, or unreasonable delay in applying for, a restraining order.