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How To Use a Transcript at Trial

Have you ever seen a lawyer use a transcript at trial during cross-examination?
You haven't?
Let me tell you how it can be used at trial.

A transcript is a series of questions and answers put together into a booklet. The questions and answers are given under oath, usually at a pre-trial hearing known as a deposition or an 'examination before trial'.

The experienced trial attorney will use prior sworn testimony to show inconsistencies with what a witness is saying at trial. This can be a very powerful way to show a witness has taken a different position than the one they are now discussing.
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Gerry practices law exclusively in the State of New York. Within New York he practices primarily in the following counties: New York, Brooklyn, Queens, Bronx, Staten Island, Nassau and Suffolk. Technically, Brooklyn is known as "Kings County," and Manhattan and New York City are known as "New York County." Staten Island is known as "Richmond County." These counties make up the New York metropolitan area.