Law Humor

By texasbar

From Diane Kirstein of San Antonio (Diane is an appellate lawyer for the U.S. Attorney's Office), this excerpt from the cross-examination of a canine enforcement officer in a criminal trial:

A. I am a canine enforcement officer with U.S. Customs. I handle a narcotics detector dog. I live here in El paso.

Q. Did you see [the defendant] do anything else with respect to your inspection?

A. No, I didn't, because I was mainly, my main point of interest was my canine, my dog ... [and] I did what I do every time my dog gets an alert.

Q. What did you do?

A. Without letting the subjects know what is going on, you know ...

Q. I am just asking what you did ...

The Court: What did you do? What did you do?

A. I looked at the inspector while also paying attention to my dog and I said -

Q. You said what?

A. I said take him in, but I didn't say it verbally. I just said take him in.

Full post as published by Say What! on March 13, 2008 (boomark / email).