Disorderly Conduct: Verbatim Excerpts from Actual CasesRodney R. Jones, Charles M. Sevilla, Gerald F. Uelmen This assortment of unintentionally amusing courtroom exchanges ranges from the testimony of expert witnesses to jury selection to cross examination to creative defense, closing argument, and sentencing — a rollicking guide to America's legal system. |
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I read the sequel to this work, Disorder in the Court, which I much enjoyed. I learned of this work, yet could not find it for quite awhile. Then at a Twin Cities library, I finally did. The book had a bad odor to it, but otherwise it rocked.
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User Review - paticia - Overstock.comIts a riot. Makes you wonder how some of these guys passed the Bar! Read full review
Contents
3 | 19 |
Picking a Jury | 46 |
5 | 57 |
6 | 65 |
7 | 75 |
9 | 97 |
10 | 109 |
11 | 119 |
Closing Arguments | 131 |
13 | 141 |
15 | 156 |
Common terms and phrases
answer appears Argument arrest attorney bang believe boom called cause charged client close conducted convict correct Counsel THE court Counsel WITNESS COUNSEL Your Honor COURT court Counsel courtroom defendant defendant's DEFENSE COUNSEL describe door English evidence examination expert face fact feel fingers four give going guess guilty hand happened head hear Honor indicated instructions judge JUROR JUROR Yes jury justice kind lawyer living look matter mean minutes motion never object observed offense Okay opinion person plead POLICE OFFICER POLICE OFFICER Yes prison problem PROSECUTOR question reason recall record remember rule sentenced shots side sitting sorry sure talked tell testified That's things told trial tried truth understand waited wearing WITNESS Yes
Bibliographic information
| Title | Disorderly Conduct: Verbatim Excerpts from Actual Cases Norton paperback |
| Editors | Rodney R. Jones, Charles M. Sevilla, Gerald F. Uelmen |
| Edition | illustrated |
| Publisher | W. W. Norton & Company, 1999 |
| ISBN | 0393319261, 9780393319262 |
| Length | 171 pages |
| Subjects | › Humor / General Law / Comparative Law / Courts |
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