Timeline for Why do courts allow attorneys to demand Yes-or-No answers to their questions? [duplicate]
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| Jan 6, 2023 at 16:49 | comment | added | Cicero | Well, the cardinal rule is that the witness must be responsive. Many witnesses will try to make irrelevant observations or explanations when asked a simple factual question. The court has every right to demand the witness simply answer the question. That is why you often see judges ordering witnesses to answer yes or no: because the witness is not there to start telling stories or presenting his own case theories, he is there to answer to the facts as the questioner has posed them. | |
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Nate Eldredge user4657 user35069 Ryan M Trish |
Duplicate of Force person on stand to only say, yes or no, legal? | |
| Apr 16, 2021 at 2:59 | vote | accept | MWB | ||
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| Apr 15, 2021 at 22:07 | comment | added | Nate Eldredge | law.stackexchange.com/questions/56745/… may also be relevant. | |
| Apr 15, 2021 at 22:01 | history | edited | bdb484 |
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| Apr 15, 2021 at 22:01 | comment | added | Nate Eldredge | "Attorneys are prohibited from asking leading questions": Not true, see law.stackexchange.com/questions/63972/…. Attorneys may not ask leading questions of their own witnesses, unless given permission by the judge to treat them as hostile. But they can always ask leading questions of the other side's witnesses on cross-examination. | |
| Apr 15, 2021 at 22:00 | answer | added | bdb484 | timeline score: 5 | |
| Apr 15, 2021 at 21:42 | history | asked | MWB | CC BY-SA 4.0 |