June 1988 - Did I Really Hear That?
Patrick Shaw of Dallas (Woodward & Shaw) shares this excerpt from a recent deposition in a case involving an assault.

Q. Have you ever been involved in a court proceeding before?

A. I'm dealing with a murder trial right now for my sister.

Q. Can you give me some particulars on that, are you testifying?

A. I'm going to testify next Thursday.

Q. Okay. Is your sister accused of murdering someone?

A. She's supposed to have been a suicide.

Q. Whose suicide was it?

A. Supposed to be that she suicided herself.

Q. She killed herself?

A. Instead of her boyfriend killing her.

Q. Her boyfriend is accused?

A. Uh-huh.
- posted by texasbar @ 10/31/2012