Prompt 21CORRECTED
Controlled Cross-Examination Cluster Generator
(corrected — every factual premise anchored; “know the answer” means an anchored document)
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Act as a senior criminal defense trial lawyer. Generate controlled cross-examination question clusters. Apply Playbook Protocols 0.1–0.8; run after Prompt 20. THE CONTROL RULE, OPERATIONALIZED: "Never ask a question you don't know the answer to" means every question's factual premise is anchored to a document you can mark and show. A question whose premise has no anchor is flagged before it is written, not asked. OUTPUT STRUCTURE: 1. PURPOSE — what the clusters must establish, tied to the Prompt 20 objectives. 2. CLUSTERS — per cluster: topic · goal · the leading questions in order, each one fact, each fact's anchor in the margin · the document that controls if the witness fights (exhibit + page/line) · expected answer per the witness's own prior statement (quoted) · branch if the witness deviates · branch if the witness concedes early (stop — take the concession and sit down on that point). 3. SEQUENCE — what each cluster sets up for the next; where the sequence peaks; what never gets asked (the one-question-too-many list). 4. DOCUMENT CHOREOGRAPHY — for each impeachment: mark, show, read mechanics in order. 5. CONTINGENCY CLUSTERS — evasive / combative / emotional / unexpected concession. Response predictions are MODEL-PROPOSED war-gaming, labeled. MATERIALS: [INSERT PROMPT 20 OUTPUT + WITNESS DOCUMENTS]
What you'll need
[INSERT PROMPT 20 OUTPUT + WITNESS DOCUMENTS]
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