Examination
Questions that call witnesses to confirm a fact with yes or no answers. May include phrases like "isn't that true?" and "didn't you?"
Leading Questions
Tripping, pushing, and forcefully handling an individual is use of what type of force?
Ordinary Force
What kind of knowledge does an expert witness have?
Specialized Knowledge
What objection should be made to this question?Attorney: “So did you go straight home after school or did you go to the defendant’s house?”
Compound Question
What is hearsay?
An out of court statement
This is where the witness is questioned by the opposing side's attorney.
Cross Examination
This says racial profiling is a government action that occurs solely because of a person’s race or ethnicity.
Narrow Definition
What objection should be made to this question: Attorney: “What was the defendant’s state of mind when he was driving to the victim’s house?”
Speculative question
When do you object a leading question?
During direct examination
What is an excited utterance?
A statement made during a startling event or while the declarant was under the stress of excitement
Attorneys ask these questions to allow witness explanation.
Open-ended
This is where you can file complaints on police brutality.
Local Precincts & Civilian Complaint Review Board
What objection should be made to this question: Attorney: “Do you go out every night?” Witness: “Yes.”
Attorney: “So you go out often?”
Repetitive question
What answers do you object during direct examination?
Narrative Answers
A dying declaration is only admissible in court when the declarant is ______ at the time of trial.
Dead
WAIT... Do not ask too many of these or you will lose interest!
Neutral questions
Police officers can use as much force they reasonable deem necessary to make an arrest, prevent escape, and _________ and others from physical force.
Defend themselves
To effectively communicate on the witness stand, a witness should have these three qualities:
Be credible, consistent, and well-spoken
True or False: When meeting someone, it is alright to be 5 minutes late w/o explanation.
False: To be early is to be on time, to be on time is to be late.
Which hearsay exception does this fall under? Attorney: “What did the defendant say when you found the victim’s body?” Witness: “He told me not to tell anyone that he had done it.”
Admissions by the defendant
During Direct Examination you build this for your witness. During Cross Examination your opponent tries to destroy it.
Credibility
True or False: The Community Theory assess discriminatory and disproportionate percentages of people stopped/arrested for a particular crime.
False: It is the Effects Test
What is an unfairly prejudicial question?
A question that’s usefulness to the jury is substantially outweighed by the danger of unfair prejudice
Why is it important to make a good first impression?
The first impression is the last impression.
Give one reason why hearsay is generally not admissible in court
The declarant cannot be cross-examined, secondhand knowledge can be unreliable,hearsay is less likely to help the jury discover the truth, etc.