TABLE OF OBJECTIONS

1 LEADING QUESTIONS

2 SPECULATIVE QUESTIONS

3 IRRELEVANT QUESTIONS

4 ARGUMENTATIVE QUESTIONS

5 COMPOUND QUESTIONS

6 HEARSAY

7 OPINIONS

8 BEYOND THE SCOPE

 EXPLANATION
Questions that suggests the answer that the examiner wants to elicit from the witness; not allowed on direct
examination
Q: Is it rue that you locked the door when you left the house?
Questions that require the witness to guess or speculate
Q: Would you think the driver will slow down if he saw the red light?

Questions that do not relate to a disputed issue and does not add any understanding of the case

Q: What is your favorite car brand?

Questions which harass, badger of argue with the witness

Q: Don't lie to me! You were drank and ran the red light in violation of traffic rules, didn't you?

A single questions that asks for more than one thing which tends to confuse the witness
Q: As you approached the intersection, did you look down, change the radio station, and then look up and for the
first time notice the oncoming car?
Questions on statements made outside of the court room and are not based on established facts

Q: The bartender told me that you have been drinking prior to the accident, is this true?

Reserved for qualified expert witnesses regarding scientific, technical or specialized subjects
Q: Do you believe that he was too drunk to drive?
Re-direct questions are limited to matters taken-up during cross examination; and for the latter, on matters taken-
up in direct examination
 REBUTTAL

Ask questions not answerable by YES or NO to provide the witness an opportunity to explain

Q: What did you do next when you left the house?

Focus on the narration of facts
Q: Where was the driver when the lights turned red?

Confine questions to the facts and circumstances of the case

Q: Can you conirm that the vehicle used by the defendant is a Toyota Corolla Model 1992?
Avoid badgering and rephrase questions to discredit the witness

Q: You said that you were not drank but the toxicology report says otherwise.

Withdraw question and ask in a series of questions

Q1: As you approach the intersection did you look down and change the radio? Q2: Did you saw the red traffic light? Q3: Did
you saw the oncoming car?

Limit questions to facts and allegations established in court

Q: Is it true that based on the sworn testimony of tha bartender, that you have been drinking prior to the accident?

Use expert wtiness testimonies duly sworn in court

Q: Is he drank as shown in the toxicology report submitted by Dr. X?

Limit questions to issues taken-up during the concerned examination