Disorder in the Court: Great Fractured Moments in Courtroom History

Charles M. Sevilla

Aug 1999 · W. W. Norton & Company

About this ebook

In America's courtooms, the verdict is laughter.

Sit back and enjoy a collection of verbatim exchanges from the halls of justice, where defendants and plaintiffs, lawyers and witnesses, juries and judges, collide to produce memorably insane comedy.

A: You mumbled on the first part of that and I couldn't understand what you were saying. Could you repeat the question?

Q: I mumbled, did I? Well, we'll just ask the court reporter to read back what I said. She didn't indicate any problem understanding what I said, so obviously she understood every word. We'll just have her read my question back and find out if there was any mumbling going on. Madam reporter, would you be so kind? 

Court Reporter: Mumble, mumble, mumble, mumble, mumble.

Ratings and reviews

You can't get much better than this: a very very humorous book about trials that is also very fascinating. I read alot of this during a booth. I sure laughed alot and due to social conventions, I felt compelled to cover my mouth. As I said, you can't get much better than this!

Is quite possibly the worst free sample I've ever seen. No actual content is viewable, just the introduction and a couple of random quotes. If anything, the free sample has put me off purchasing this book.

Very amusing with plenty interesting anecdotes and satire. At over 200 pages it's not short but I flew through it- it's too hard to put down!

About the author

Perennially on the “Best Lawyers in America” list, Charles M. Sevilla has a private law practice in San Diego. He is the author of Wilkes on Trial and Wilkes: His Life and Crimes and a columnist for Forum.