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PLACE ASSIGNMENT II FACE DOWN IN BOX
• Please Take Seats Early So We Can Start Right Away– Defendant Interview Team in Front of Room– Plaintiff Interview Team in Back Row for
Easy Exit
• All Turn to “Someone in a Tree” (S68)
Someone in a Tree (1976)
• Narrator (“Reciter”) complains that there were no witnesses to the meeting at which Admiral Perry & the Japanese signed treaty
• Two witnesses--boy in tree & Samurai under building—come forward:– How do they know what they know? – How reliable are they?
GRAY INTERVIEW #1
BODDICKER’S LAWYERS
GRAY INTERVIEW #2
LAWYERS FOR
BOGGS & MARTINEZ
GRAY INTERVIEW #3
FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS FROM THE AUDIENCE
GRAY INTERVIEW
THANK YOU to
ANDREA CORTLAND
LOGISTICS
• INFO MEMO #3 POSTED AFTER CLASS– Property Midterm Info– Exam Tips– Comments on Assignment II (Prior Classes)
• CHAPTER 6 POSTED BY TOMORROW• OFFICE HOURS THIS WEEK
– Cancelled Today– Thursday 2-5 pm– Saturday 2-6 pm
ASSIGNMENT II FOLLOW-UP
• Both Sets of Materials Posted After Class
• To Get Maximum Benefit:– Read Other Side’s Info– Look at Other Group’s Submissions– Compare to Comments on Prior Classes
• Legal Issues for Review– D would contest Continuity & Exclusivity– Best Arguments for Each Side?
FACTS v. EVIDENCETwo Sets of Problems
Discovering Facts:1. What Witness Knows
2. What Lawyer Can Get From Witness
What Witness Knows1. Ability to Perceive
2. Ability to Remember
3. Interpretation by Witness
What Witness Knows1. Ability to Perceive
• Physical Limits of Witness
• Situation-Specific Limits
2. Ability to Remember
3. Interpretation by Witness
What Witness Knows1. Ability to Perceive
2. Ability to Remember– Clearly Limited in Fact
– When Likely to Improve? (Wigmore)
3. Interpretation by Witness
Interpretation by Witness
To explain & fill-in what we see, we tell ourselves stories
“I don’t know if that’s our flock or another flock or just a bunch of little M’s.”
M M M M M M MM M
Interpretation by Witness
To explain & fill-in what we see, we tell ourselves stories
• Determined by Prior Experience
• Determined by Stereotypes/Bias
so very individual
Interpretation by Witness
1. To explain & fill-in what we see, individual story-telling
2. Memory itself involves interpretation
– Memory is malleable; changes with retellings
– Mind fills in gaps
What Lawyer Can Get From Witness
• Witness Issues
• Lawyer Issues
What Lawyer Can Get From Witness
• Witness Issues– Ability to Communicate
– Willingness to Communicate
• Lawyer Issues
What Lawyer Can Get From Witness
• Witness Issues– Ability to Communicate
– Willingness to Communicate
• Lawyer Issues– Questioning Process
– Lawyer’s Own Interpretations
FACTS v. EVIDENCE“FACTS” OF CASE
DEPENDENT ON LAWYER’s CONSTRUCTION &
PRESENTATION
FACTS v. EVIDENCEWHAT REALLY HAPPENED?
• Can’t Know Facts For Sure
FACTS v. EVIDENCEWHAT REALLY HAPPENED?• Can’t Know Facts For Sure
• Just Have Evidence: “Fragments of the Day”