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This document is a court transcript from August 10, 2022, during the cross-examination of witness A. Farmer. Attorney Ms. Pomerantz raises two points with the judge: a scheduling inquiry about the next witness and a legal objection regarding the current witness. She argues that the witness, a psychologist, is being improperly questioned on topics like 'hindsight bias' which require expert testimony, whereas the witness was designated to testify only as a lay witness.
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| A. Farmer | Witness |
Mentioned in the header as the person being cross-examined.
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| The Court | Judge |
Presiding over the session, addressed as 'Your Honor'.
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| Ms. Pomerantz | Counsel |
An attorney speaking on behalf of the government, addressing the court about scheduling and the scope of witness test...
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| Ms. Menninger | Counsel |
An attorney who responds to a scheduling question and who previously conferred with Ms. Pomerantz about the witness's...
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| SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. | Company |
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2022-08-10
An afternoon session of a court case (1:20-cr-00330-PAE) during the cross-examination of witness A. Farmer. Counsel discussed scheduling and the permissible scope of the witness's testimony.
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Ms. Pomerantz addresses the judge as 'Your Honor' and presents legal arguments for the court's consideration.
Ms. Menninger addresses the judge as 'your Honor' when answering a question.
They are opposing counsel in a legal proceeding. Ms. Pomerantz mentions a prior conference where Ms. Menninger asked to ensure the witness would not testify about certain topics.
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"So I just wanted to flag that she is testifying as a lay witness and that she shouldn't be asked questions on cross examination that would be the subject of expert testimony."Source
— Ms. Pomerantz
(Making a legal point to the court to limit the scope of cross-examination for the witness, who is a psychologist.)
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Case 1:20-cr-00330-PAE Document 759 Filed 08/10/22 Page 126 of 267 2154
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A. Farmer - cross
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A. Farmer - cross
AFTERNOON SESSION
1:30 p.m.
THE COURT: All right. Matters to take up, counsel?
MS. POMERANTZ: Your Honor, just briefly from the
government, my not amazing math skills, but I note that I think
that the witness who's been on cross examination now for about
the same amount of time that she was on direct examination, it
would be helpful for scheduling purposes to know when we can
expect to have the next witness ready.
government, my not amazing math skills, but I note that I think
that the witness who's been on cross examination now for about
the same amount of time that she was on direct examination, it
would be helpful for scheduling purposes to know when we can
expect to have the next witness ready.
MS. MENNINGER: I don't know, your Honor. An hour.
MS. POMERANTZ: Thank you, your Honor.
And the other question, I just -- rather not a
question, just one thing I wanted to flag. I believe that, on
cross examination, the witness was asked some questions about
hindsight bias, which I expect to be a subject of expert
testimony, and this witness, as she testified earlier on direct
examination, is a psychologist. I'm not saying that there is
anything to take up at this moment, but before she had taken
the stand and the parties had conferred, we were asked that she
wasn't going to be -- we were asked by Ms. Menninger to make
sure that she wasn't going to be testifying about things in
that area.
question, just one thing I wanted to flag. I believe that, on
cross examination, the witness was asked some questions about
hindsight bias, which I expect to be a subject of expert
testimony, and this witness, as she testified earlier on direct
examination, is a psychologist. I'm not saying that there is
anything to take up at this moment, but before she had taken
the stand and the parties had conferred, we were asked that she
wasn't going to be -- we were asked by Ms. Menninger to make
sure that she wasn't going to be testifying about things in
that area.
So I just wanted to flag that she is testifying as a
lay witness and that she shouldn't be asked questions on cross
examination that would be the subject of expert testimony.
lay witness and that she shouldn't be asked questions on cross
examination that would be the subject of expert testimony.
SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C.
(212) 805-0300
(212) 805-0300
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