These are things people actually said in court, word for word:
ATTORNEY: Do you speak Spanish, officer?
WITNESS: Yes, I do.
ATTORNEY: Are you fluent in Spanish?
WITNESS: Yes, I do.
PROSECUTOR: Then what did you do?
POLICE OFFICER: I began kicking in the door.
PROSECUTOR: Where you wearing boots?
POLICE OFFICER: Yes, sir, size twelve.
PROSECUTOR: How many times did you kick the door?
POLICE OFFICER: About ten.
PROSECUTOR: What was Sergeant Harp doing while you were kicking the door?
POLICE OFFICER: Laughing at me.
PROSECUTOR: Are you sure that you did not enter the Seven-Eleven on 40th and N.E. Broadway and hold up the cashier on June 17 of this year?
DEFENDANT: I’m pretty sure.
ATTORNEY: Have you, any members of your family, or close friends, been arrested for any kind of crime?
WITNESS: My brother was once arrested.
ATTORNEY: How long ago was that?
WITNESS: Six, seven years ago.
ATTORNEY: And what was the nature of the offense?
WITNESS: I’m not exactly sure. I think he was mainly arrested for being stupid.
JUDGE: I suppose the money found on the defendant at the time of his arrest came from this liquor store robbery?
DEFENDANT: No, that was bank robbery money.
JUDGE: Has anyone led you to believe the governor will pardon you if you plead guilty?
DEFENDANT: Well, I haven’t been home, Judge, but he might have called my mother.
ATTORNEY: What is your date of birth?
WITNESS: July fifteenth.
ATTORNEY: What year?
WITNESS: Every year.