ATTORNEY: Dr, before you performed the autopsy, did you check for a pulse?
WITNESS: No
ATTORNEY Did you check for blood pressure?
WITNESS: No
ATTORNEY: Did you check for breathing?
WITNESS: No
ATTORNEY: So then, is it possible that the patient was alive when you began the Autopsy?
WITNESS: No
ATTORNEY: How can you be so sure Dr?
WITNESS: Because his brain was sitting on my desk in a jar.
ATTORNEY: I see, but could the patient have still been alive nevertheless?
WITNESS: Yes, it is possible that he could have been alive and practicing law