Objections on court sessions MUN La Florida 2023

• Leading question: Used when the question asked suggests the witness
or lawyers to answer yes/no.
• Vague and ambiguous question: When a question asked is general
and not specific.
• Harassment: When an attorney or prosecutor points/attack to the
witness or member of the court. (can be with attitudes, aggressive
behavior, personal attack, pointing, voice tone, etc.)
• Calls for narrative / narrative answer: When the attorney calls for a
story, or the witness starts telling a story, not giving facts or useful
information.
• Calls for speculation: when the question makes the witness to guess the
answer, or leads an answer or opinion. Asking for educated or expert
answer.
• Incompetent: When the witness creates information or is not really
giving the real information. Inventing facts, fake facts, etc.
• Lacks knowledge: when the witness isn’t able to answer the question
because it is not an expert/professional on the data. When there is no
available information to answer.
• Compound question: When the attorney or prosecutor makes multiple
questions, instead of one concise question.
• Non-responsive answer: When the members of the court or witness
don´t answer a question made previously.
• Asked and answered question: When a member of the court makes a
question already answered.
• Irrelevant or material: When a member of the court introduces
evidence or asks questions not useful for the case.
• Assumes facts not found in evidence: When the question introduces
information not found in the evidence.
• Calls for opinion: When the question asks for an opinion, when a witness
or member of the court isn’t an expert on the topic or subject.
• Argumentum and passions: When a member of the court tries to
appeal to the feelings or emotions as main argument, instead of using
formal and valid arguments. (not valid in opening statements).