Chapter 88

Jamison knew he needed to get Leroy to trust him so he could get him to start talking. He knew that without the statement from him, Leroy was the main person who could convict James because he knew him and worked with him before, so he knew how he worked and how they could get him; he could not go anywhere with the case because Leroy was going to be his key witness. Jamison knew that once a lawsuit gets underway, parties to the lawsuit or their lawyers start gathering information related to the lawsuit. ... For the most part, discovery takes place outside the courtroom, with parties exchanging written information and sitting through face-to-face questioning sessions (called "depositions").

Jamison knew he had to have his evidence ready so as not to be confused or disgrace himself in the court; he didn't even want to use the help of secondary sources, such as Law Journals, Encyclopedias, and Treatises are a great place to start his legal research, but he wanted t