he will address all of her testimony.. every bit.. every nook.. every cranny
but not in a slow way in a yes..no.. answer the question Arias way
He will leave the bits that are rebuttal witnesses only in passing but he will mention them so the jury makes note of the discrepancy later
my take.
I disagree with most of the claims above.
It is simply unnecessary and mostly a waste of time to dismantle all JA background biography. Martinez first and foremost must show immediately and effectively that JA is a cunning liar. He must show that JA has lied pretty much most of the time during the past 4 years. He then can proceed with the dismantlement by punctuating her answers and her prior testimony by showing she is a liar. He then will reinforce to the jury that much of what JA says or is going to say is highly suspect. Martinez must convince the jury that the entire JA defense is nothing but a show and mostly contrived.
Second it is important NOT to provide JA a platform from which she can continue on with her BS. Martinezs questioning must be tight and he can effectively do this with a series of strategic yes or no questions. JA has had YEARS to polish her testimony and to prepare for the cross. She is rehearsed and relaxed. Martinez must use surprise tactics such as feints jabs and retreat and deploy intermittent traps. JA will carefully measure everything she says in answer so Martinez must be certain like in a game of chess that JA cannot anticipate where a certain line of questioning is going. He must force JA into contradictions from which she cannot escape.
I will assume that Martinez will be subject to withering objections which will break up the cadence of questioning and allow JA more time to create an answer.
JA will feign remorse and grief so that further questioning will appear that Martinez is beating up on her. This will become a common thread in JA response on cross exam. Her defense has demonstrated that JA is a meek defenseless trusting and easily manipulated waif. She will respond to Martinez as if she is pained and injured by tough questions. She will play the poor waif role during the entire cross exam. This is another reason why Martinez must keep JA on a very tight rope and NOT allow her to act out with fits of sobbing. This is best done with graduated nuanced yes and no questions.
Martinez should never ask JA Why did you ____________? question. This will simply allow her to cry and to confabulate on the fly.
Martinez must be prepared for JA general tactics during cross:
1) On occasion JA will try to break out by stating oh- I was mistaken on that point (silly me) what I really meant to say was blah blah blah
2) Oh!!! I said that ___________ because I did not quite understand the question. What I really mean to say is _________
3) I am not quite sure about _______________. But to the best of my recollection ______________.
4) I just cannot remember. The experience was so AWFUL.
5) I know it appeared that way but what was really happening _____________.
6) I was really joking when I said that. I was not serious.
7) I was in a state of shock.
8) I went around in a daze and was on autopilot.
9) I always loved TA and still do.