On the off chance that you ever testify in court, you may wish you could have been as sharp as this policeman. He was being cross-examined by a defense attorney during a felony trial. The legal advisor was attempting to undermine the policeman’s validity…
Q: “Officer — did you see my client escaping the scene?”
A: “No sir. Be that as it may, I subsequently observed a person matching the description of the offender, running several blocks away.”
Q: “Officer — who provided this description?”
A: “The officer who responded to the scene.”
Q: “A fellow officer provided the description of this so-called offender. Do you trust your fellow officers?”
A: “Yes, sir. With my life.”
Q: “With your life? Let me ask you this then officer. Do you have a room where you change your clothes in preparation for your daily duties?”
A: “Yes sir, we do!”
Q: “And do you have a locker in the room?”
A: “Yes sir, I do.”
Q: “And do you have a lock on your locker?”
A: “Yes sir.”
Q: “Now why is it, officer, if you trust your fellow officers with your life, you find it necessary to lock your locker in a room you share with these same officers?”
A: “You see, sir — we share the building with the court complex, and sometimes lawyers have been known to walk through that room.”
The court ejected in chuckling, and a brief break was called. The officer on the stand has been nominated for this year’s “Best Comeback” Line — I think he’ll win.
on a felony case that I worked, I was being questioned by a defense attorney " CONSTABLE, HOW FAR CAN YOU SEE AT NIGHT ?( YOU ARRESTED MY CLIENT AT 2AM) I ANSWERED, " I CAN SEE THE sTARS AT NIGHT. ( THATS PRETTY FAR, THE NEXT QUESTION WAS , CONSTABLE, have you lied in your lifetime", my answer was , not UNDER OATH, SIR…, I won the case…