Pat+Dowling+dddddirect

Mock Trial

Direct- Pat Dowling

or go to cemeteries. good kid, all brilliant and talented. college. up his scholarship.
 * Q:** What is your name?
 * A:** Pat Dowling
 * Q:** How old are you?
 * A:** I am 17 years old.
 * Q:** What school do you go to?
 * A:** Herndon High School
 * Q:** What grade are you in?
 * A:** I am in my senior year..
 * Q:** Do you have a job?
 * A:** I work at a grocery store.
 * Q:** At what times during the day are you at work?
 * A:** I work most evening and afternoons.
 * Q:** Do you have a lot of free time?
 * A:** Well, I am so busy. I don’t have time to make plans with friends
 * Q:** So, are you friends with Shelby Cullom and Jesse Dubois?
 * A:** Well, we used to be really good friends.
 * Q**: What is Shelby Cullom like?
 * A:** He’s an only child and tries to make everyone think he is a really
 * Q:** So, he isn’t really a good kid?
 * A:** He just wants everyone to believe he is innocent so he can go to
 * Q**: Did you know about his scholarship?
 * A:** Yea, he told the judge he was guilty just so he didn’t have to give

have time to hang out anymore since I got my job. proud of me that I care about my family. I was going to do some rubbings. graves! I wanted to make my family proud of me, not disappointed!
 * Q:** And who invited you to go to the cemetery?
 * A:** Shelby and Jesse came up to me during lunch. We really don’t
 * Q:** So, it wasn’t your idea to go to the cemetery?
 * A:** No, it was all there idea.
 * Q:** What did they want you to do at the cemetery?
 * A:** They said they wanted to go to check out our ancestors graves.
 * Q:** Was vandalism in their plans?
 * A:** No of course not!
 * Q:** What were you planning to do at the cemetery?
 * A:** Well, I wanted to see my family’s graves so my parents would be
 * Q:** So, were you planning on vandalizing the graves?
 * A:** Of course not! Why would I want to damage my ancestors

you leave? ancestors graves. and slippery. We fell maybe once or twice. and footprints away? the graves. rain? around.
 * Q:** Did you eventually go to the cemetery?
 * A:** Yes.
 * Q:** Around what time did you enter the cemetery, and what time did
 * A:** We arrived in the afternoon, and left after we looked at our
 * Q:** How did you find your way around the cemetery?
 * A:** We brought a map.
 * Q:** Did this map tell you where your ancestor’s graves were?
 * A:** Yes.
 * Q:** What was the weather like at the cemetery?
 * A:** It was raining outside.
 * Q:** What was the ground like?
 * A:** It was muddy.
 * Q:** Is this typical during rainy weather?
 * A:** Yes.
 * Q:** Did you ever slip or fall?
 * A:** We might have. Like I said before, the ground was really muddy
 * Q:** What happened to the monuments?
 * A:** We slipped into them a few times.
 * Q:** Why do you think they found your fingerprints everywhere?
 * A:** Probably because we slipped into them once or twice.
 * Q:** Were there any trees around the cemetery?
 * A:** Yea, big canopies of trees.
 * Q:** So, would it be possible for the rain to wash the fingerprints
 * A:** No, like I said there were tons of trees around. They were above
 * Q:** What was the degree of rain around afternoon and evening?
 * A:** It was raining pretty lightly.
 * Q:** Would it be hard to wash away the fingerprints with this light
 * A:** Yes, it was raining really lightly and there were tons of trees


 * Q:** So, would you say Shelby Cullom is a good friend?
 * A:** Well, he used to be a good friend.
 * Q:** Do you think he is excited about his college scholarship?
 * A:** Of course.
 * Q:** Would he do anything to hold onto his scholarship?
 * A:** Yes it’s really important to him.
 * Q:** What extremes do you think he would go to?
 * A:** Maybe tell lies about him friends just to save his precious scholarship.

at work so I never get time to talk on the phone anyway. and Dubois? phone
 * Q:** Have your parents given you any punishment?
 * A:** Yes. I am grounded and can’t talk on the phone, but I am always
 * Q:** So, that means you haven’t discussed the situation with Cullom
 * A:** No, I haven’t talked to them about anything.
 * Q:** So was there anyway to try to coordinate stories?
 * A:** Of course not! I have been at work and can’t even talk on the

Q:** Would you trespass?
 * Q:** Are you a risk taker?
 * A:** I’ll do anything that is legal
 * Q:** Would you vandalize a cemetery?
 * A:** No, that is illegal**.
 * A:** NO! I only do legal things.