Actual quotes from a book called Disorder in the American Courts

These things people actually said in court, word for word, taken down and now published by court reporters that had the torment of staying calm while these exchanges were actually taking place.

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: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact?
WITNESS: Gucci sweats and Reeboks.
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ATTORNEY: Are you sexually active?
WITNESS:   No, I just lie there.
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ATTORNEY: How was your first marriage terminated?
WITNESS:     By death.
ATTORNEY: And by whose death was it terminated?
WITNESS:   Take a guess.
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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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ATTORNEY: Doctor, how many of your autopsies have you performed on dead people?
WITNESS:   All of them. The live ones put up too much of a fight.
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ATTORNEY: ALL your responses MUST be oral, OK?  Do you understand?
ATTORNEY: What school did you go to?
WITNESS:   Oral.
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ATTORNEY: Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
WITNESS:   The autopsy started around 8:30 PM.
ATTORNEY: And Mr. Denton was dead at the time?
WITNESS:   If not, he was by the time I finished.