| Lawyer: Is your appearance here this morning pursuant to a deposition notice which I sent to your attorney? Witness: No, this is how I dress when I go to work. Lawyer: Doctor, how many autopsies have you performed on dead people? Witness: All my autopsies are performed on dead people. Lawyer: All your responses must be oral, OK? Witness: Oral. Lawyer: Good. What school did you go to? Witness: Oral. Lawyer: Do you recall the time that you examined the body? Witness: The autopsy started around 8:30 p.m. Lawyer: And Mr. Dennington was dead at the time? Witness: No, he was sitting on the table wondering why I was doing an autopsy. Lawyer: What gear were you in at the moment of the impact? Witness: Gucci sweats and Reeboks. Lawyer: You were not shot in the fracas? Witness: No, I was shot midway between the fracas and the navel. Lawyer: Doctor, before you signed the death certificate, did you check for a pulse? Witness: No. Lawyer: Did you check for blood pressure? Witness: No. Lawyer: Did you check for breathing? Witness: No. Lawyer: So, then it is possible that the patient was alive when you signed the certificate? Witness: No. Lawyer: How can you be so sure, Doctor? Witness: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar. But now that you mention it, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law somewhere. Lawyer: And where was the location of the accident? Witness: Approximately milepost 499. Lawyer: And where is milepost 499? Witness: Between milepost 498 and 500. Lawyer: Sir, what is your IQ? Witness: Well, I can see pretty well, I think. Lawyer: So, after the anesthetic, when you came out of it, what did you observe with respect to your scalp? Witness: I didn't see my scalp the whole time I was in the hospital. Lawyer: It was covered? Witness: Yes. Bandaged. Lawyer: Then, later on, what did you see? Witness: I had a skin graft. My whole buttocks and leg were removed and put on top of my head. Lawyer: Did you ever sleep with him in New York? Witness: I refuse to answer that question. Lawyer: Did you ever sleep with him in Chicago? Witness: I refuse to answer that question. Lawyer: Did you ever sleep with him in Miami? Witness: No. Lawyer: What did the tissue samples taken from the victim's vagina show? Witness: There were traces of semen. Lawyer: Male semen? Witness: That's the only kind I know of. |