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There was a catch-all question at the end
Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, November 02 2012 @ 10:23 PM EDT
If I'm remembering correctly, even though Koh's questioning of Hogan
individually could have been handled better, she still asked at the end if there
was anything else anyone thought she should hear about.

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"have you ever"
Authored by: Anonymous on Friday, November 02 2012 @ 11:11 PM EDT
The problem is that the answer was "yes" and he didn't say
"yes."

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"have you ever"
Authored by: Doghouse on Saturday, November 03 2012 @ 06:25 AM EDT

And if your wife asks you whether you've ever slept with anyone but her, and you tell her about losing your virginity in high school, but don't mention the regular affairs you've had since you married her (including the three children she doesn't know about)?

We all know that there are contexts in which a simple answer of yes or no, or even something which unambiguously implies one or the other, is fine.

We also understand that there are others in which a simple yes or no, when the detail comes out, may be seen as gross understatement and a blatant attempt to lie by omission.

Parents, partners, insurance companies and most definitely courts tend to fall into the latter category.

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"have you ever"
Authored by: Anonymous on Saturday, November 03 2012 @ 09:39 AM EDT
IANAL and actually wondered the same thing for a while, the reason that he
should have answered with all of his lawsuits is threefold.

The first is that prospective jurors are sworn in to tell the whole truth, not
only portions of it. "yes" is an appropriate answer to have you ever
kissed a girl but it isn't the whole truth of the matter, did you only kiss one
or did you kiss one thousand girls?

The second is that she was asking questions about the specific lawsuit, so it is
pretty obvious she would want to ask questions about every lawsuit he had been
in.

The third is that catchall at the end mentioned above.

Any single one of these mean he should have mentioned the lawsuit, the first one
means he is probably guilty of perjury for not mentioning it.

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