Disorderly Conduct: Verbatim Excerpts from Actual Cases

by Rodney R. Jones, Lee Lorenz (Illustrator), Gerald F. Uelmen (Editor)

In America's courtrooms, 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. You mumbled on the first part of that and I couldn't understand what you were saying. Could you repeat the question? 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 Mumble, mumble, mumble, mumble, mumble.

Genres: Nonfiction, Humor, Crime

171 pages, Hardcover

First published July 1, 1987

Reviews

[Bob Box · Rating 3 out of 5]

Read in 1988. A collection of hilarious outtakes from courtroom situations.

[Sheila · Rating 4 out of 5]

I was inspired to pick up this book after seeing a tumblr post that had a few quotes from this book that I thought were very amusing.

This book is a compilation of excerpts taken from actual court cases. It was a very quick read that I found overall very entertaining. While I didn't laugh out loud, I did chuckle a few times. It was first published in 1989, so it is dated, but I didn't get that impression while reading it.

I would recommend checking out this book.