Deposition of Ms. Hall in Miami raises evidentiary challenges for plaintiffs

10 id. 12 13 14 L5 16 ne) 18 life) 20 21 22 23 24 25 112 H3vlgiu2 been prepared by the state's attorney's office but he didn't know. So what happens then with this transcript is, there is an attempt at a deposition of Ms. Hall in Miami, this summer, and Ms. Hall comes in and she sits down, and she doesn't want to answer any questions about anything, and she says, I don't remember anything about any of this. Her lawyer says, she doesn't remember anything about any of this and she spent the last ten years forgetting about all of this and she's not going to remember anything about this. Mr. Edwards then puts the transcript in front of her and she doesn't look at it. She doesn't even look at the transcript. She doesn't turn the page. She doesn't read any of it. There's a question asked at some point later: Isn't it true that everything you said in the police department was true? And then shortly after that, the deposition ends. And they're trying to say that that is a sufficient factual basis and an evidentiary basis for the admission of this transcript, which is, you know, unsponsored hearsay. There's a similar problem with this recording because Ms. Hall never listened to the recording, never authenticated the recording. And so there's no evidence whatsoever that it's Ms. Hall's statement or that it was subject to any cross-examination. So to try to get around all of these evidentiary problems, now what's being advanced by the plaintiffs is, well, SOUTHERN DISTRICT REPORTERS, P.C. (212) 805-0300 HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_011415