Subject: Best Come-back


A defense attorney was cross-examining a police officer during
> > > >a felony trial - it went like this:
> > > >
> > > >Q. Officer, did you see my client fleeing the scene?
> > > >A. No sir, but I subsequently observed a person matching the
> > > >description of the offender running several blocks away.
> > > >
> > > >Q. Officer, who provided this description?
> > > >A. The officer who responded to the scene.
> > > >
> > > >Q. A fellow officer provided the description of this so-
> > > >called offender. Do you trust your fellow officers?
> > > >A. Yes sir, with my life.
> > > >
> > > >Q. With your life? Let me ask you this then officer - do you
> > > >have a locker room in the police station - a room where you
> > > >change your clothes in preparation for you daily duties?
> > > >A. Yes sir, we do.
> > > >
> > > >Q. And do you have a locker in that room?
> > > >A. Yes sir, I do.
> > > >
> > > >Q. And do you have a lock on your locker?
> > > >A. Yes sir.
> > > >
> > > >Q. Now why is it, officer, if you trust your fellow officers
> > > >with your life, that you find it necessary to lock your locker
> > > >in a room you share with those same officers?
> > > >A. You see sir, we share the building with a court complex,
> > > >and sometimes lawyers have been known to walk through that
> > > >room.
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >With that, the courtroom erupted in laughter, and a prompt
> > > >recess was called. The officer on the stand has been nominated
> > > >for this year's "Best come-back" line and we think he'll win.