Law Office of Luther T. Garcia

Overview:

Mr. Garcia has been practicing exclusively Criminal Defense Law as a lawyer in Indiana State and Federal Courts since 1994. Since he began practicing, Mr. Garcia has tried well over one hundred and fifty jury trials in jurisdictions across the State of Indiana.his firm offers ability and courtroom experience. Many Indiana lawyers say they practice criminal defense law. Yet, many people accused of a crime don’t realize that only a tiny percentage of lawyers ever try a criminal jury trial. (Many clients plead guilty at the earliest stage of the case.) Of that tiny percentage, an even smaller number have completed enough criminal trials to develop the expertise to feel entirely comfortable trying any sort of criminal case. But this is a secret in the profession – your lawyer’s ability and reputation to win at trial will often lead to plea offers not offered to less experienced trial attorneys.

A unique and effective method of cross-examination:

Mr. Garcia uses a highly unorthodox and unique cross-examination style which he has built from years of training, personal experience, and studying the scientific literature regarding how to expose liars through narrative questioning.

The standard rule for cross-examination is to only ask yes or no questions, and always know the answer prior to asking the question. While this is excellent advice for the inexperienced lawyer to follow, Mr. Garcia has found that juries do not respond well to questions answered with a yes or no. They do not write down the questions, and by the end of the trial all they have to refer to is a notebook filled with “Yes” and “No”, but without the questions giving meaning to the answer.

The Organic Method of cross-examination requires a “looping” format. That means you don’t start at the begining of a story and ask questions, but instead you take the testimony of the witness and loop back farther and father. Eventually during cross-examination, such an approach will cause a lie to expose itself from lack of detail.

It is a difficult style of cross-examination to master, and requires a close ear and sensitivity in questioning.

This technique works particularly well with children in sex offender cases, and other cases where fabrication is at issue.

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