If you ever testified in court, you might wish you could
have been as sharp as this Cop.
A defense attorney was
cross-examining a police officer during a felony trial - it went like this:
Q. Officer, did you see my client fleeing the scene?
A. No sir, but I subsequently observed a person matching the
description of the offender running several blocks away.
Q.
Officer, who provided this description?
A. The officer who
responded to the scene.
Q. A fellow officer provided the
description of this so-called offender. Do you trust your fellow
officers?
A. Yes sir, with my life.
Q. With
your life? Let me ask you this then officer.......Do you have a room
where you change your clothes in preparation for your daily duties?
A.
Yes sir, we do.
Q. And do you have a locker in that
room?
A. Yes sir, I do.
Q. And do you have a
lock on your locker?
A. Yes sir.
Q. Now why is
it then, officer, if you trust your fellow officers with your life, that you
find it necessary to lock your locker in a room you share with those same
officers?
A. Well, you see sir, we share the building with the court
complex, and sometimes lawyers have been known to walk through that room.
With that, the courtroom erupted in laughter, and a prompt
recess was called. The officer on the stand has been nominated for this
year's "Best Comeback" line and I think he'll win.
Greg Hopper
"Why is it that when we talk to God
we're said
to be praying, but when God talks to us
we're
schizophrenic?"
- Lily Tomlin -
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