> Edit: Goes to prove that a _GOOD_ defense lawyer would have dig that up during cross exam. (if that is a thing)
sure, the defense lawyer can ask questions, but what series of questions do you think they could've asked that would've done anything here?
they would've needed to perform pre-trial investigations of the lady (such as the state police performed) to discover this. which isn't out of the question, but isn't very likely to be worth it for the defendants. (cost high, likelihood of useful information low.)
since that is exactly what she was lying, or confused about, i fail to see how asking it one more time would help.
in fact, the state prosecutors probably asked her that question a bajillion times, as part of qualifying her as an expert witness.
(added: in case you don't know, i'd like to clarify that qualifying expert witnesses occurs in open court. the defense, judge, jury, anyone watching the case, etc would all hear the question asked, and her answer. this would come after a copy of her CV, including relevant degrees, was submitted.)
sure, the defense lawyer can ask questions, but what series of questions do you think they could've asked that would've done anything here?
they would've needed to perform pre-trial investigations of the lady (such as the state police performed) to discover this. which isn't out of the question, but isn't very likely to be worth it for the defendants. (cost high, likelihood of useful information low.)