Name That Objection!
a compound question
What is a question that is composed of two or more
separate questions within the question?
Relevance
What is evidence that has no direct connection to the case?
"Were you in the house the night your wife was murdered?" (Direct/redirect examination)
What is a leading question?
(leading questions are only allowed on cross or recross examination)
"When and where did you see John's wife, Margaret's, body?"
What is a compound question?
Teachers with this haircut can not get a raise in Arkansas.
What is a bob?
An Argumentative question
What is a question where the attorney argues with and gets aggressive with a witness?
Leading Question
What is A question that suggests its own answer? (only during direct examination)
"Did John tell you he murdered his wife?"
What is not objectionable?
(exception to hearsay because the information came from the defendant themselves)
"You killed your wife, didn't you!!!?"
"You murdered her, admit it!!!?"
What is Objection Argumentative questioning?
or
What is Objection Asked and answered?
In this state, it is illegal to punch a moose out of an airplane
What is Alaska?
Repetitive Questions
What are Questions designed to elicit the same testimony or evidence previously presented in its entirety if merely offered as a repetition of the same testimony or evidence from the same or similar source?
Speculation
What is testimony that is guesswork or assumption rather than based on personal knowledge or fact?
“Are You still beating your wife?”
What is assuming facts not in evidence?
The question is improper because the questioner has not established that the witness ever beat his wife.
"Were you born in Kentucky?"(during direct)
In Arizona, it is illegal for men and women over the age of 18 to have fewer than this number of missing teeth visible when smiling.
Non-responsive Answers
What is a witness's answer that fails
To respond to the question asked?
Hearsay
What is An out-of-court statement offered to prove the truth of the matter asserted is generally inadmissible?
(Lots of exceptions will be reviewed later)
To husband(cross): "Did you kill your wife?"
"Did you stab your wife?"
What is not an objection?
(not repetitive questioning because the question is slightly difrent)
When does John's marriage certificate say he and Margaret were married?
What is Non-objectionable?
(Exception to hearsay: most regularly kept records from a reputable source
Such as birth certificates, marriage records, medical records, blood relations, and baptisms)
In this state, it is illegal to own or sell Silly String
What is California?
Assuming Facts Not in Evidence
What is a question that assumes unproven facts? (However, an expert witness may be asked a
question based upon stated assumptions, the truth of which is reasonably supported by
evidence (sometimes called a "hypothetical question"))
Beyond the Scope of Cross-Examination
What is Cross-examination, must be about what was covered in direct examination?
"What did John's sister scream when they ran out of the house?"
What is non-objectionable?
(Excited underence exception to hearsay)
Can you confirm that Dan heard John's sister scream that Jhone had murdered his wife when she ran out of the house that night?
What is Objection Hearsay?
The third party can not talk about John's sisters ' existence under duress because they did not personally witness it.
In Connecticut, a pickle is not legally a pickle unless it does this
What is bounces?