Because Simpson is considered a hostile witness, the plaintiffs'lawyers may ask questions that will give him little leeway to respond.
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In a civil case not long ago, another lawyer Caher knows was questioning a hostile witness in a pre-trial examination.
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Ito had granted her wide latitude in questioning Kaelin, he said, apparently to determine whether he was, indeed, a hostile witness.
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Jordan was called by the plaintiffs as a hostile witness, and much of his testimony involved dry minutiae about contractual obligations.
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But realistically, if you respond like a hostile witness on Court TV, you're not likely to end up with a job.
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Those whose murders Garcia Abrego is accused of ordering include disloyal subordinates, commercial adversaries, crusading journalists, hostile witnesses and romantic rivals.
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Clark, whose anger with her own witness was obvious from the outset, sought Monday to have Kaelin declared a hostile witness.
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Prosecution spokesman Geoffrey Gaul said the request to cross-examine Reyat will come under regulations dealing with an adverse or hostile witness.
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As the Waco hearings demonstrated daily, it is all but impossible to elicit meaningful testimony in five minutes, especially from hostile witnesses.
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The lawyer may then ask the court to declare the person he or she has called to the stand a hostile witness.
