{"id":397,"date":"2015-03-24T05:35:22","date_gmt":"2015-03-24T05:35:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.massachusettscriminaldefenselawyerblog.com\/2015\/03\/cross-examination-tips-learned.html"},"modified":"2015-03-24T05:35:22","modified_gmt":"2015-03-24T05:35:22","slug":"cross-examination-tips-learned","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.delsignoredefense.com\/blog\/cross-examination-tips-learned\/","title":{"rendered":"Cross Examination by Aaron Hernandez Defense team discredits key evidence at murder trial"},"content":{"rendered":"

Last week during the Aaron Hernandez trial there were a few great examples of cross examination issues that reoccur at criminal trials. One was impeaching a witness with a prior inconsistent statement. During the Cross Examination of Hernandez Lawyer Michael Fee, the witness, Kwami Nicholas continued to deny making any prior statements. The witness was particularly difficult in that even after being shown video and audio recording of his statement he continued to deny making that statement. As a Criminal Defense lawyer in Massachusetts<\/a>, the Hernandez trial has raised many interesting legal issues that have been covered on this Blog. <\/p>\n

Fee was careful in his impeachment of the witness because he wanted the jury to accept the prior version of events recorded at the police station. He avoided giving the witness any opportunity to minimize his statements at the police station. When the witness denied remembering the statement he moved on to his next statement, as any response from the witness would have been unpredictable. His final series of questions after establishing that the witness did not remember anything from the recorded interview, he asked the witness if he a poor memory, which he denied, but given his prior statement it would be difficult to conceive of the jury placing any weight on his testimony. <\/p>\n

The other interesting cross examination example came from the cross examination of the Commonwealth’s footprint expert, Steven Bennett, from the Massachusetts State Police. <\/p>\n

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Last week during the Aaron Hernandez trial there were a few great examples of cross examination issues that reoccur at criminal trials. One was impeaching a witness with a prior inconsistent statement. During the Cross Examination of Hernandez Lawyer Michael Fee, the witness, Kwami Nicholas continued to deny making any prior statements. 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