See How Inconsistent Statements Can Be Used to Impeach Witnesses

When your court reporter in San Jose creates a record of a legal deposition, he or she is providing you with a valuable tool you can use in the courtroom is impeach witness testimony. Accurate court reporting is the key to using this impeachment device.

This video demonstrates how to use inconsistent statements to impeach a witness during trial testimony. If the transcript of your deposition created by your court reporter contains different answers than a witness provides on the stand in court, you can confront that witness about his or her changing testimony and challenge their truthfulness. Your legal deposition transcript is the proof you need to impeach a statement a witness gives at trial to call the entirety of his or her testimony into question.