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Cross Examination Paul Carter Notes

Updated Cross Examination Paul Carter Notes

Criminal Advocacy Notes

Criminal Advocacy

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PAUL CARTER

PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS

  • Mr Carter you said a few minutes ago that you don’t go round hitting people. Is that correct?

  • But this isn’t the first time you are in court is it?

  • This isn’t the first time you've been in serious trouble is it?

  • There was an incident wasn’t there on the 19th of March 2014?

  • and it happened at a public place isn’t it?

  • You just wanted to go home.

  • And you've been spoken to by the police officer is that correct?

  • You took objection to the way he was talking to you

  • The police man didn’t attack you, did he?

  • So because he was speaking to you you got upset and annoyed didn’t you?

  • And you decided to punch him in the face.

  • So you think that violence is justified when someone acts in a way that annoys you.

  • So if you find yourself in a situation where you ‘re in danger of losing your temper you are in a real risk to those around you. Is that correct?

  • You also were a real risk to the railway man weren’t you?

  • He annoyed you.

  • He didn’t physically attack you.

  • But you lost it.

  • And you assaulted him as well.

  • On the incident we are concerned today, it was late wasn’t it?

  • And you were in a public place.

  • And you just wanted to get home.

  • And you’ve been spoken by Jonathan Shaw.

  • And he clicked his finger at you.

  • And that got you upset and annoyed

  • And you decided to punch him in the face.

HAND ON DOOR

  • Mr Carter a few minutes ago you said that during the altercation, you had your back towards the front door.

  • And you also said you had your hand on the door.

  • That is less than one metre between you and the door isn’t it?

  • There was no space for you to take a step back.

  • And yet you say that when he came onto you, you stepped backwards.

  • That is not what happened is it.

  • He came on to you.

  • And you punched him.

DRUNK

  • Mr Carter, there is a bus stop approximately 30 metres away from the restaurant.

  • And in the seating area of the bus stop there are some glass panels.

  • And these glass panels are see-through.

  • Next to the bus stop there are red markings.

  • These markings indicate that cars cannot park in front of the bus stop.

  • Therefore if someone is at the bus stop he has a clear view of his surroundings.

  • After the police came, a woman approached.

  • You did not recognise that woman.

  • In fact, you had not seen her before.

  • Therefore you did not know where she was before she approached.

  • And you certainly did not know her position at the bus stop.

  • When she approached, she was walking normally wasn’t she?

  • And her behaviour was normal, wasn’t it?

  • She did not misbehave.

  • And she was cooperative with the officers.

  • And therefore she did not appear drunk.

IDENTIFICATION

  • Mr Carter when the incident happened your girlfriend, Helen, was still in the restaurant.

  • She was finishing off the cleaning.

  • So she was still working.

  • She could not have been working in darkness, could she?

  • And I made a note of what you said earlier, that you could see the left window of the restaurant and Helen was not there.

  • You cannot see through darkness, can you Mr Carter?

  • So the lights in the restaurant were still on.

  • Lanchester High Street is a busy road, isn’t it?

  • And it is a main road.

  • And it has traffic on both directions.

  • And there are many restaurants and shops on the sides of the road.

  • And at night it is usually busy with cars and people.

  • And there are streetlights in place.

  • And therefore it not a dark road.

WORDS BY GIRLFRIEND

  • After the incident, your girlfriend, Helen came out of the...

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