Q:
What is your date of birth?
A:
July fifteenth.
Q:
What year?
A:
Every year.
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Q:
This myasthenia gravis, does it affect your memory at all?
A:
Yes.
Q:
And in what ways does it affect your memory?
A:
I forget.
Q:
You forget. Can you give us an example of something that you've
forgotten?
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Q:
Doctor, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
A:
No.
Q:
Did you check for blood pressure?
A:
No.
Q:
Did you check for breathing?
A:
No.
Q:
So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you began
the
autopsy?
A:
No.
Q:
How can you be so sure, Doctor?
A:
Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
Q:
But could the patient have still been alive nevertheless?
A:
It is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law
somewhere.
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Q:
How old is your son, the one living with you.
A:
Thirty-eight or thirty-five, I can't remember which.
Q:
How long has he lived with you?
A:
Forty-five years.
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Q:
What was the first thing your husband said to you when he woke that
morning?
A:
He said, "Where am I, Cathy?"
Q:
And why did that upset you?
A:
My name is Susan.
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Q:
And where was the location of the accident?
A:
Approximately milepost 499.
Q:
And where is milepost 499?
A:
Probably between milepost 498 and 500.
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Q:
Did you blow your horn or anything?
A:
After the accident?
Q:
Before the accident.
A:
Sure, I played for ten years. I even went to school for it.
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Q:
Trooper, when you stopped the defendant, were your red and blue
lights
flashing?
A:
Yes.
Q:
Did the defendant say anything when she got out of her car?
A:
Yes, sir.
Q:
What did she say?
A:
What disco am I at?
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Q:
Was it you or your younger brother who was killed in the war?
~~~~
Q:
Did he kill you?
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Q:
How far apart were the vehicles at the time of the collision?
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Q:
You were there until the time you left, is that true?
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Q:
So the date of conception (of the baby) was August 8th?
A:
Yes.
Q:
And what were you doing at that time?
~~~~
Q:
She had three children, right?
A:
Yes.
Q:
How many were boys?
A:
None.
Q:
Were there any girls?
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Q:
You say the stairs went down to the basement?
A:
Yes.
Q:
And these stairs, did they go up also?
~~~~
Q:
Mr. Slatery, you went on a rather elaborate honeymoon, didn't you?
A:
I went to Europe, Sir.
Q:
And you took your new wife?
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Q:
How was your first marriage terminated?
A:
By death.
Q:
And by whose death was it terminated?
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Q:
Can you describe the individual?
A:
He was about medium height and had a beard.
Q:
Was this a male, or a female?
~~~~
Q:
Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice
which
I sent to your attorney?
A:
No, this is how I dress when I go to work.
~~~~
Q:
Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on dead people?
A:
All my autopsies are performed on dead people.
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Q:
All your responses must be oral, OK? What school did you go to?
A:
Oral.
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Q:
Do you recall the time that you examined the body?
A:
The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m.
Q:
And Mr. Dennington was dead at the time?
A:
No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an
autopsy.
