Description When an attorney asks for something that concerns some trait of a witness other than honesty or truthfulness. Purpose/Policy/Reason To keep the attorney from painting this bad or good picture of the witness to influence the jury’s decision. Examples Sir, do you have a history an alcoholic?” (You would object to this in a […]
Relevance
Description When an attorney thinks that irrelevant things are being brought up. Purpose/Policy/Reason: An irrelevant question or answer contributes nothing to the case and wastes everyone’s time. Examples What did you have for breakfast?” (In this case, the trial is related to copyright infringement and this question is completely irrelevant to the case at hand, […]
Narrative Answer/Narrating
Description: When a question asks for a long drawn out response and when the witness gives a long drawn out response. Purpose/Policy/Reason: To prevent the witness from providing information that couldn’t be objected to. If an attorney was to give a vague question, the witness could just go on and on preventing the opposing counsel […]