Attorneys shouldn't speak to witnesses during cross-examination. If a party is on the witness stand, can the attorney who presents the witness speak to the witness when he or she begins ...

Cross-examination is the stuff of drama in fictional courtroom depictions. The savvy lawyer taking on a hostile witness on the stand—these are the moments TV and movie audiences live for. However, the ...

As a witness prepares to testify in trial, the big fear is often cross-examination. While the direct questioning by the witness’s own attorney is seen as the “easy part” (friendly, open-ended ...

The cross-examination this week of Stormy Daniels at the New York criminal trial of Donald Trump has been called “aggressive,” and “heated.” Which it was. But that’s what cross-examination is.

Richard Dean has testified in two Scott County murder trials, telling jurors Brian Goodwin was his "good friend." ...

"Cross-examination is the greatest legal engine ever invented for the discovery of truth." Those words by legendary lawyer John Henry Wigmore in 1923 are derived from the Sixth Amendment. A defendant ...