![]() Compound question: multiple questions asked together.Calls for speculation: the question asks the witness to guess the answer rather than to rely on known facts.Calls for a conclusion: the question asks for an opinion rather than facts.Beyond the scope: A question asked during cross-examination has to be within the scope of direct, and so on.Some documents are exempt by hearsay rules of evidence. Full original document should be introduced into evidence instead of a copy, but judges often allow copies if there is no dispute about authenticity. Best evidence rule: requires that the original source of evidence is required, if available for example, rather than asking a witness about the contents of a document, the actual document should be entered into evidence.Badgering: counsel is antagonizing the witness in order to provoke a response, either by asking questions without giving the witness an opportunity to answer or by openly mocking the witness.Assumes facts not in evidence: the question assumes something as true for which no evidence has been shown.Asking a question which is not related to an intelligent exercise of a peremptory challenge or challenge for cause: if opposing counsel asks such a question during voir dire (i.e.Asks the jury to prejudge the evidence: the jury cannot promise to vote a certain way, even if certain facts are proved.Usually seen after direct, but not always. ![]() Asked and answered: when the same attorney continues to ask the same question and they have already received an answer.Argumentative: the question makes an argument rather than asking a question.Arguing the law: counsel is instructing the jury on the law.Ambiguous, confusing, misleading, vague, unintelligible: the question is not clear and precise enough for the witness to properly answer.This is a list of objections in American law: Proper reasons for objecting to a question asked to a witness include:
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