You forgot one of the best. A lot of these are kind of funny, but there is a certain amount of stupid sounding legwork that the attorney is obligated to do that they may slip into doing too much of just by habit. It’s like the cops ask “And did he have your permission to punch you in the face? Did you consent to that?” They just have to cover the elements of the statute.
Anyway. From memory so the precise wording is not verbatim (I think this one’s from a divorce trial):
Attorney: And did you ever have sex with him in Salt Lake City?
Witness: I’m not going to answer that question.
Attorney: Did you ever have sex with him in Miami?
Witness: I’m not going to answer that question.
Attorney: Did you ever have sex with him in Key Largo?
You forgot one of the best. A lot of these are kind of funny, but there is a certain amount of stupid sounding legwork that the attorney is obligated to do that they may slip into doing too much of just by habit. It’s like the cops ask “And did he have your permission to punch you in the face? Did you consent to that?” They just have to cover the elements of the statute.
Anyway. From memory so the precise wording is not verbatim (I think this one’s from a divorce trial):
Attorney: And did you ever have sex with him in Salt Lake City?
Witness: I’m not going to answer that question.
Attorney: Did you ever have sex with him in Miami?
Witness: I’m not going to answer that question.
Attorney: Did you ever have sex with him in Key Largo?
Witness: No.
I think I might be whooshing on why the exchange you shared is funny, or maybe I’m overthinking it?
The “No” to key largo implies the other two were yesses
Ah ok, thank you, I was definitely trying to way overthink it for some reason.