All 44 Uses of
testify
in
Just Mercy
- When Walter received a subpoena from Karen Kelly's husband to testify at a hearing where the Kellys would be fighting over their children's custody, he knew it was going to cause him serious problems.†
p. 26.9testify = provide evidence of something -- especially oral evidence in court
- He waited until the morning that the trial was set to begin before he told investigators that he could not testify because what they wanted him to say was not true.†
p. 63.2
- Realising he could not escape the situation he'd created for himself, Myers told investigators he was ready to testify against McMillian.†
p. 63.7
- His lawyers seemed happy that Myers was struggling and told Walter it was a good sign when the trial was continued because Myers refused to testify.†
p. 63.9
- Bill Hooks testified that he'd seen Walter's truck pull out of the cleaners at the time of the murder and that he recognized the truck because it had been modified as a —low-rider.†
p. 66.3testified = provided evidence of something -- especially oral evidence in court
- I found an expert to testify that the bomb was a timed device and not intended to kill on contact.†
p. 79.7testify = provide evidence of something -- especially oral evidence in court
- He began a whispered dialogue with me, imploring me to get the testifying expert to say things about his intent that were really outside the expert's knowledge.†
p. 79.9 *testifying = providing evidence of something -- especially oral evidence in court
- He's testified that the bomb was designed to be detonated, but he can't really explain your motivations—the Court won't permit that, and he really can't speak to that.†
p. 80.3testified = provided evidence of something -- especially oral evidence in court
- First, I didn't believe Bill could have been part of this, but then I found out that he testified that he drove by that cleaners on the day that girl was killed, and that's a lie.†
p. 105.7
- Well, the judge has denied our motion, so you don't have to testify or come to court at this point.†
p. 113.6testify = provide evidence of something -- especially oral evidence in court
- He told us about being pressured by the sheriff and the ABI and threatened with the death penalty if he didn't testify against McMillian He made accusations of official corruption, talked about his involvement in the Pittman murder, and revealed his earlier attempts to recant.†
p. 136.2
- He said that he had told lots of people—from the D.A. on down—that he had been coerced to testify falsely against Walter.†
p. 136.4
- His story at trial was so implausible that it was easy to believe that he had been pressured to testify falsely.†
p. 136.9
- With our discovery order from the court, we were able to collect records from Taylor Hardin, the mental health facility where Myers was sent after he first refused to testify.†
p. 146.1
- At trial, Francis Newsome testified against Trina in exchange for the charges against her being dropped.†
p. 150.3testified = provided evidence of something -- especially oral evidence in court
- Just testify truthfully," Michael said.†
p. 165.7testify = provide evidence of something -- especially oral evidence in court
- In criminal cases, witnesses who will be testifying are required to sit outside the courtroom so they can't alter their testimony based on what other witnesses say.†
p. 167.5testifying = providing evidence of something -- especially oral evidence in court
- 'At trial, Myers testified that he was unknowingly and unwillingly made part of a capital murder and robbery on November 1, 1986, when Walter McMillian saw him at a car wash and asked him to drive McMillian's truck because his 'arm hurt.'†
p. 168.6testified = provided evidence of something -- especially oral evidence in court
- Myers testified this man had black-gray hair and allegedly talked to McMillian.†
p. 168.8
- After asking him to state his name for the record and establishing that he had previously appeared in court and testified against Walter McMillian, it was time to get to the heart of things.†
p. 169.6
- When I made him repeat the parts of his testimony about being coerced to testify falsely, Ralph remained calm and conveyed absolute sincerity.†
p. 171.1testify = provide evidence of something -- especially oral evidence in court
- The white mechanic testified that McMillian's truck was not a low-rider in November 1986 when Ronda Morrison was murdered.†
p. 172.1testified = provided evidence of something -- especially oral evidence in court
- We finished the day with Woodrow Ikner, a Monroeville police officer who testified that he was the first on the scene and that the body of Ronda Morrison was not where Myers had testified it was.†
p. 172.3
- We finished the day with Woodrow Ikner, a Monroeville police officer who testified that he was the first on the scene and that the body of Ronda Morrison was not where Myers had testified it was.†
p. 172.3
- More significantly, Ikner testified that he'd been asked by Pearson, the trial prosecutor, to testify that Morrison's body had been dragged through the store from the front counter to the spot where it was found.†
p. 172.5
- More significantly, Ikner testified that he'd been asked by Pearson, the trial prosecutor, to testify that Morrison's body had been dragged through the store from the front counter to the spot where it was found.†
p. 172.5testify = provide evidence of something -- especially oral evidence in court
- Evidence from the state mental health workers who had dealt with Myers after he initially refused to testify in the first trial and was sent to the Taylor Hardin Secure Medical Facility for evaluation confirmed Myers's testimony from the day before.†
p. 177.6
- Dr. Omar Mohabbat explained that Myers had told him then "that the police had framed him to accept the penalty for the murder case that he is accused of or 'to testify' that 'the man did.†
p. 177.7
- — Mohabbat testified that Myers had told him, "They told me to say what they wanted me to say."†
p. 177.9testified = provided evidence of something -- especially oral evidence in court
- Dr. Bernard Bryant testified that Myers told him "he did not commit the crime and that at the time he was incarcerated for the crime, he was threatened and harassed by the local police authorities into confessing he committed a crime."†
p. 178.4
- We found most of them and had them testify.†
p. 182.1testify = provide evidence of something -- especially oral evidence in court
- "He related to us that he and Karen did the killing and, ah, plotted together to put it off on Johnny D." Another inmate who wrote letters for Myers at the Monroe County Jail explained that Myers didn't know McMillian, had no knowledge of the Morrison murder, and was being pressured by police to testify falsely against McMillian.†
p. 182.4
- I called on McMillian's trial lawyers, Bruce Boynton and J. L. Chestnut, to testify about how much more they could have done to win an acquittal if the State had turned over the evidence it had suppressed.†
p. 183.0
- The following areas of concern were considered in reaching this decision: The demeanor of the witness; the opportunity of the witness to have knowledge of the facts which he testified to at trial; the rationale, as stated by the witness for his testimony at the first trial; the rationale, as stated by the defendant, for his recantation; the evidence of external pressures brought to bear on the witness prior to and after both trial and recantation; the actions of the witness that lend credence to his trial testimony and th†
p. 205.7testified = provided evidence of something -- especially oral evidence in court
- that lend credence to his trial testimony and the actions of the witness that lend credence to his recantation; evidence adduced at trial in contradiction of the witness' testimony on details, and due to the nature of this case, any evidence from any source concerning the inability of the witness to have known the facts to which he testified to at trial.†
p. 205.9
- At trial, Kathleen Enstice testified that Timothy was born alive and had died by drowning.†
p. 231.6
- She testified that her conclusion of a live birth was a "diagnosis of exclusion"—that is, she could not find evidence that the baby was stillborn and did not have another explanation for his death.†
p. 231.7
- Dr. McNally testified that Mrs. Colbey's pregnancy was at high risk for "unexplained fetal death" because of her age and lack of prenatal care.†
p. 231.8
- Dr. Spitz testified for the defense that he would "absolutely not" declare a live birth, let alone a homicide, under the circumstances of this case.†
p. 231.9
- The U.S. Senate Judiciary Committee scheduled hearings on innocence and the death penalty a few months after Walter's release, and we both testified.†
p. 243.4
- At trial, Joe testified that he had participated in the earlier burglary but had not committed sexual battery.†
p. 257.2
- The only physical evidence to implicate Joe was a latent partial palm-print that the state's examiner testified matched him.†
p. 257.6
- Joe was made to say in court what the victim remembered her assailant saying to her, but she testified that Joe's voice "could very easily be" that of the perpetrator.†
p. 257.9
- Mr. Hinton's appointed defense lawyer got only $500 from the court to retain a gun expert to confront the state's case, so he ended up with a mechanical engineer who was blind in one eye and who had almost no experience testifying as a gun expert.†
p. 297.8testifying = providing evidence of something -- especially oral evidence in court
Definition:
provide evidence of something -- especially to say something under oath in a court of law