Mock+Trial-+Cross+Examination

Question for Mock Trial- Jesse Dubois

 * Side Note: Politely cut off the witness during the trial (Say… Thank You, You Have Answered My Question Or Just Yes Or No Please) LOUD AND CLEAR**
 * 6 Minutes Maximum**


 * Yes, your honor**


 * May I Proceed, Your Honor?**

1.) **Your name is Jesse Dubois, correct?** Yes //Line 1//

2.) **Isn't it true that you are a Junior at** **Herndon** **High School****?** Yes //Line 1//

3.) **You are friends with Shelby Cullom and Pat Dowling, correct?** Yes //Line 2-3//

4.) **You stated that you had been at the cemetery in the afternoon of September 28, right?** Yes //Line 6-7//

5.) **You said that coming back to the cemetery at night would be fun, correct?** Yes //Line 6-7//

6.) **Isn't it true that you wanted to spend time together with Pat and Shelby**? Yes //Line 9-10//

8.) **Pat was having trouble in senior year AND caught shoplifting, correct?** Yes //**Objection**: Character Evidence- Your Honor, this evidence is to show Dowling's lack of credibility. Shop-lifting is dis-honest behavior and is not legal Line 12//

9.) **Even after he was caught shoplifting you were still friends with him, correct?** Yes //No Line//

10.) **You stated that** **Shelby** **is the most serious of you three, isn't this true?** Yes //Line 23//

11.) **You and Dowling like to have fun and don't share the same commitment, correct?** Yes //Line 21-23//

12.) **There was no one besides the three of you to corroborate the day time visit or tracks, correct?** Yes //Line 26-27//

13.) **Isn't it true that you have admitted to leaving tracks and possibly fingerprints all over the place?** Yes //Line 26//

14a.) **Wasn't it raining that day?** Yes //Line 25//

14b.) **While you claim you were walking around, correct?** Yes //No Line//

14c.) **Some of these footprints had to have been exposed to the rain, correct?** Yes //No Line//

15.) **Isn't it true that in the afternoon at the cemetery you decided to go back that evening**? Yes //Line 37-38//

16.) **Shelby also offered to drive you three to the cemetery, correct**? Yes //Line 39-40//

17.) **Pat wasn't working that night, correct?** Yes //Line 8-9//

18.) **You wanted to enter through the walk-in-gate, correct?** Yes //Line 41-42//

19.) **Isn't it true that you stated that the gate is pretty easy to climb?** Yes //Line 43//

20.) **Isn't it true that there are no houses around?** Yes //Line 43//

21.) **Sounds like you had this all planned out, correct?** I suppose so //**Objection:** Opinion- Your Honor, With All Due Respect, There Had To Be A Reason That They Had Not Gone Through The Main Entrance, They Chose A Remote Location Where No One Would See Them Entering Nor Leaving And Where They Could Escape Quickly.//

22.) **Isn't it a remarkable coincidence that Shelby Cullom's testimony & the physical evidence seem to match all of your plans?** Yes, No, or I Don’t Know //**Objection:** Opinion- Your Honor, If All The Facts And Evidence Add Up To There Plans There Has To Be A Line Of Evidence That There Was//

23a.) **You were wearing work boots going to the cemetery during the daytime visit, correct?** Yes //Line 51//

24.) **The police came and they took them from your house, right?** Yes //Line 54-56//

25a.) **You let Pat and** **Shelby** **stay over, correct?** Yes //Line 60-61//

25b.) **After your mom called to see if it was fine for them to stay over, your parents went to bed, correct?** Yes //Line 62-63//

25c.) **After they went to bed, do didn't see them again until the next morning, correct?** Yes //No Line//

25d.) **You didn't hear them either until the next morning, correct?** Yes //No Line//

26a.) **So couldn't you and both of your friends have left the house and gone to the cemetery without their knowledge?** I suppose so //**Objection:** Reasonable Inference//

26b.) (**If Jesse says No, follow up with...) I never said you did, I said couldn't you have left the house.** Yes //**Objection-**// //Reasonable Inference (If Objection, say... Your Honor, I believe that this is a reasonable inference. There is no clear testimony if this occurred, though we can infer what might have happened)//

27.) **You said the police are charging you with damages to a Governor’s monument, correct?** Yes //Line 69-71//

28.) **Though, isn't it true that there is no Governor’s monument listed on the Forensic Report, right?** Yes or No


 * Your Honor, may I approach the witness. (Hoping she/he says yes)**


 * I am showing what has been marked as Prosecution Exhibit B.**

29.) **Jesse, to yourself can you read all the names on the forensic report. (She/He reads)**

30.) **Isn't it true that there is no Governor’s monument on the list?** Yes


 * Thank you, your honor. No Further Questions**