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The Most Hilarious Things That Court Reporters Have Ever Recorded To Be Said In CourtATTORNEY: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK? What school did you go to?
WITNESS: Oral
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LAWYER: What happened then?
WITNESS: He told me, he says, 'I have to kill you because you can identify me.'
LAWYER: Did he kill you?
WITNESS: No.
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ATTORNEY: What was the first thing your husband said to you that morning?
WITNESS: He said, Where am I, Cathy?
ATTORNEY: And why did that upset you?
WITNESS: My name is Susan!
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ATTORNEY: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney?
WITNESS: No, this is how I dress when I go to work.
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Things That Court Reporters Have Recorded (Original Post)
left-of-center2012
Jul 2017
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NanceGreggs
(27,835 posts)1. After 32 years as a court reporter ...
... I can assure you that these kinds of stories are nowhere out of the norm.
I still remember the first time I worked in court - replete with all due seriousness, pomp and circumstance - when the judge couldn't (try as he might) stop laughing at a witness's responses.
left-of-center2012
(34,195 posts)2. "the judge couldn't (try as he might) stop laughing"
How would they have 'recorded' that in the record?
NanceGreggs
(27,835 posts)3. Traditionally ...
... court reporters do not note emotional responses on the record - e.g. laughter, crying, nervous giggles, etc. - but restrict the transcript to the spoken word only.