Mock Case Interview Paper

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Attorney work product On 04/26/2024 at approximately 1430, I went to the location of 3201 S Kiwanis Ave at O’Gorman High School to interview ADUD MAYOM, the daughter of PDO client MAYOM, MYAKOL. Mykaol requested that I speak with his daughter and gather her testimony about the previous interactions he had with his wife. While meeting with Adud, she requested the presence of her guidance counselor Sarah Harding. Sarah escorted me to the family counseling room to wait for Adud, who arrived shortly after. I introduced myself to ADUD as Investigator Payton and informed her that I work for the Public Defenders Office, and that we represent her father. I asked Adud if she would be willing to speak with me, and she agreed. Moving forward in the conversation, I directed Adud to speak …show more content…
Adud said she was asleep downstairs in her bedroom and could hear her parents arguing upstairs in their room. Eventually, her mother ran downstairs to Adud’s room and told her to call the police. Adud said she was hiding a phone under her mattress and picked it up to call the police. After calling 911, Adud said she gave the phone to her mom. But her mother was crying, so she spoke with the operator herself and told her to send police to their house. Adud told me she did not know what her parents were arguing about, but stated that they do argue often. Most times, Myakol and Achok argue over the phone. I asked Adud if she ever sees things get physical between her parents and she told me she mainly sees them wrestle over the phone. Furthermore, I asked Adud if she had seen her parents argue in the months before this incident. Adud recalled the week before the incident. She told me that her father was extremely angry that week and had taken everyone’s phones away, which upset Achok. Adud says her parents argued a few times this week. I followed up this statement by asking Adud if she ever saw her dad hit her