Held-back cue / for counsel's review
Compare the earlier answer with the May 2 email.
It was not shown in the room. Counsel confirms or rejects it, and the decision is recorded.
defect-email.eml · May 2, 2025, 9:14 AMSecond Chair
A cue in the room. Counsel decides.
During an examination, Second Chair can show a short cue on firm-supplied glasses when an answer touches the record, naming the exhibit it points to. Counsel decides whether it matters.
Availability: Limited availability
Runs on firm-supplied glasses, installed by hand.
BRONSecond ChairNorth Harbor · Smith deposition
Testimony / record cue
Record to inspectdefect-email.eml
An email to revisit.
Cuedefect-email.eml: Garcia to Smith · May 2, 2025, 9:14 AMIn the record
Inspect the email before deciding what to ask next.
Inspect the related sources
Attacheddefect-report.pdfIn the record
Still openWhen Smith received or read the emailFor review
Page and lineA room microphone gives none. A court reporter's feed does.Not cleared
About this example
In practice
One cue, and the exhibit behind it.
Rehearse before the room.
An attorney can rehearse an examination. A rehearsal is never written back into the matter's record.
Session preparation
RehearsalPractice the examination.
None of it is written to the record.Practice examination
Questions and source cues, for practice only.
Rehearsal materialOutside the testimony recordA rehearsal is never written back to the matter's record.
New kinds of cueReview firstNot shown in the room until reviewed cues show how often they are confirmed
Firm-supplied glasses, installed by hand.
01A rehearsal kept out of the recordIllustrative example See the exhibit behind a cue.
A cue names an exhibit only when one marked exhibit points to the document. When a cite cannot be verified, the lens says so.
Examination / a single source cue
Record to inspectOne cueCompare the answer
with the May 2 email.defect-email.emlMay 2, 2025, 9:14 AMSmith’s answer / fictional example
“Only after May 4.”
Email on the matterIts file name and sent timeCounsel chooses the next question. A room microphone gives no page and line, so the cue names the file and its sent time.
02One cue, with its exhibitIllustrative example Review what was held back.
After the examination, every cue held back or not acted on comes up for counsel to confirm or reject.
After the examination
Review what waited.
One cue in the roomOther cues held for reviewMarked moment / follow-up
Return to when Smith received or read the email.
A review item, not an established contradiction or an automatic designation.
A quiet lens does not mean the record holds nothing. Counsel reviews the held-back cues.
03What was held backIllustrative example
What this carries into the rest of the matter
- Moments marked during testimony, into the matter's facts.
- Each cue counsel confirms or rejects, used to measure how often that kind of cue is confirmed.
- Where each cue was delivered, in a log.
One decision in practice
What was not shown in the room.
Marked moment
“Only after May 4.”Saved live with Smith's exact words. It is added to the matter as his account, not as a finding.
Recorded sourcedefect-report.pdf
A cue about the attachment was held back in the room. It comes up now for review.
Counsel's decisionConfirm or reject
Either way it is recorded. A rejection shows where a check was wrong, which is how BRON measures how often each check is right.
Your next decision
Counsel decides which held-back cues were right. A quiet lens does not mean the record holds nothing.