Objections
Who objects during a trial?
What is the attorneys
What do you call the Judge?
What is Your Honor?
What does Objection Argumentative mean?
What is when an attorney asks a witness to accept their summary, inference, or conclusion.
What are the two sides of a case in Mock Trial?
What is Prosecution and Defense in criminal cases?
What is 2-4?
Who responds to an objection?
What is the opposing attorney?
What should an attorney physically do when they want to object?
What is stand up, then say the objection, then explain the grounds of the objection?
What does Objection Speculation mean?
What is witnesses cannot speculate as to what they think happened, even if they firmly believe it. Can only testify to their five senses.
How many witnesses does each side have in Mock Trial?
What is three witnesses per Prosecution/Defense?
When are regionals?
Saturday February 6th (Mandatory)
Who does the attorney talk to during an objection?
What is Your Honor/The Judge.
Where should the witness look during cross and direct examination?
What is looking at the attorney, judge and jury?
What is Lack of Personal Knowledge means that you do not KNOW of it whereas Speculation is using past knowledge to guess/estimate.
Witnesses that have an expertise in something relevant to the case
What is an expert witness?
What days do have practices and what days do we have scrimmages?
What does Objection Compound mean?
What is the question has two questions in one. It inquired about two answers in one question.
Where do witness's sit relative to their attorneys?
What is behind their attorney?
What is Hearsay?
What is a statement, other than one made by the declarant while testifying at the trial or hearing, offered in evidence to prove the truth of the matter asserted. EX: “Georgia testifies that ‘Richard told me he saw a wild elephant walking down the street.” Would be Hearsay if it is being used to prove that a wild elephant was walking down the street.
Pictures, reports, social media posts, etc... (at the end of the case)
What are exhibits?
How long do FHS scrimmages last?
What is ~6:30-6pm?
What does Objection Narrative mean?
What is a question elicits a narrative or a response that transforms into a narrative. The answer proceeds for a long time (more than a few sentences).
Where does the Prosecution sit relative to the Jury?
What is closest to the Jury?
What is Excited Utterance (Hearsay Exception)?
What is statement was made during a startling event which is an exception to hearsay.
What are stipulations?
What is both sides agree on the point, so nobody has to waste time or call witnesses to prove it. Official agreement between prosecution/defense.
How many years has FHS hosted a scrimmage?
What is one year? (And this year!)