cross-examination

Rosen Janfaza noted that, under cross-examination, the rapper acknowledged that she and Ellis were chest-to-chest as expletives were exchanged, and that alone is an unwelcome touch and battery on his client, he said.

Under cross-examination by Ellis’ attorney, the rapper acknowledged she and Ellis were chest-to-chest as expletives were traded.

Prosecutors can also seek an indictment before a grand jury, a move that limits what counterarguments defense attorneys can put forth and protects witnesses from cross-examination.

The defense was aggressive in cross-examination, hammering witnesses about why they did not report Combs at the time or simply leave him.

He said they did not call their own witnesses because “they had already made that point through cross-examination of the government witnesses.”