This objection is raised when an attorney asks a question that suggests the desired answer or puts words in the witness’s mouth. Leading questions are prohibited during direct examination, although exceptions are made for background information. However, leading questions are allowed on cross-examin...
Covers explanations and examples of common objections made to direct- and cross-examination situations. Includes a summary compilation of substantive rules of evidence applicable to court, arbitration, and administrative proceedings. Also includes an understandable expl...
The Use of Immigration Status in Cross-Examination of Witnesses: Scope, Limits, Objectionstrial practicediscoveryimmigrationimpeachmentaliensFederal immigration reform and state immigration laws have claimed a prominent place in the current political conversation. Here, Professor Mason outlines the uCaleb E....
They are quite "natural", whether from a historical, cross-cultural or sociobiological perspective. The implicit, and usually highly selective, equation of the "natural" with the morally good is dangerously facile and simplistic. The popular inclination to ascribe some kind of benign wisdom to an...
“calls for the creation of a material fact by the witness”. Generally, this objection should only be used as a last resort, and for major factual missteps. If the witness makes a minor error without huge significance to the case, this can be brought up during cross examination; the ...
In the last 20 years, dramatic changes have led to a reexamination of many of the policies established two or more decades ago. First, our immunosuppressive armamentarium has markedly expanded, with the introduction of numerous potent drugs for induction and maintenance immunosuppression. Simultaneously...
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The only effective cross-examination in the entire segment occurs when the judge questions the attorney on her blatant disregard for proper legal procedure. The judge employs speech-synchronized gestures in a poetic performance to insult the questioning attorney, a legal identity constructed in and ...